A Handbook of Poetics
Subtitle: for Students of English Verse
Publisher: Ginn & Company
Published: 1892
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
Description: Table of contents is verbatim; those are all the exact spellings used in this second edition of the book. It's a hardcover, blue with gold print on the cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; label: Part 1
title: SUBJECT-MATTER; pagenum: 7
title: The Epic. Epic Poetry. Written Epic. Later Forms: Legends, Allegory, Reflective, Descriptive, Pastoral, Satiric, Ballads
label: Chapter I.; pagenum: 40
title: Lyric Poetry. Sacred Lyric. Patriotic Lyric. Lyric of Love. Of Nature. Of Grief. Reflective Lyric. Vers de Société. Other Forms. Lyrical Ballads.
label: Chapter II.; pagenum: 58
title: Dramatic Poetry. Beginnings. Miracle Plays. Moralities. Foreign Models. Interlude. Different Kinds of Drama. Tragedy. Comedy. Reconciling Drama. Other Forms. Outward Form of Drama
label: Chapter III.; label: Part 2
title: STYLE; pagenum: 83
title: Poetic Style. Historical Sketch. Tropes. Metaphor. Personification. Allegory. Simile. Tropes of Connexion. Of Contrast
label: Chapter IV.; pagenum: 118
title: Figures. Repetition. Contrast. Combination
label: Chapter V.; label: Part 3
title: METRE; pagenum: 133
title: Rhythm. Quantity. Accent. Pauses. Rime. Blank Verse. Qualities and Combinations of Sound. Slurring and Eliding
label: Chapter VI.; pagenum: 166
title: Metres of English Verse. General Principles. Anglo-Saxon Metres. Transition Period. Chaucer's Metres. Modern Metres. Verse of One Stress; of Two Stresses; of Three; of Four; of Five; Shakspere and Milton; Verse of Six Stresses; of Seven; Miscellaneous
label: Chapter VII.; pagenum: 234
title: The Stanza or Strophe. The Sonnet. French Forms
label: Chapter VIII.