The foreign sources of modern English versification
Subtitle: with especial reference to the so-called iambic lines of 8 and 10 syllables
By: by Charlton M. Lewis.
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1898
Place of publication: [s.l
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: English language -- Versification.
Table of contents: label: CHAPTER I
title: Introduction Page I The principle of parallelism
pagenum: i; title: 2 Syllabic verse
pagenum: 2; title: 3- Quantitative verse
pagenum: 3; title: 4 Accentual verse
pagenum: 4; title: 5 The decay of Greek versification
pagenum: 4; title: 6 Origin and decay of Latin quantitative versification
pagenum: 6; title: 7 The problems of late Latin verse
pagenum: 8; title: 8 The theory of a popular origin (for the Latin "rhythms")
pagenum: 9; title: 9 Popular verse of irregular rhythm (not syllabic)
pagenum: 9; title: 10 Conclusion
pagenum: 12; label: CHAPTER II
title: Commodian's verse II The importance of the subject
pagenum: 13; title: 12 Meyer's theory
pagenum: 14; title: 13 Objections to Meyer's theory 1 6 14 Commodian's use of dissyllables
pagenum: 16; title: 15 Commodian's use of polysyllables 1 8 16 The rationale of Commodian's verse 2O 17 Commodian's treatment of the caesura
pagenum: 21; title: 1 8 Concluding remarks '
pagenum: 22; label: CHAPTER III
title: The Latin Hymns of Ambrose and his Followers 19 Introductory remarks
pagenum: 24; title: 20 Ambrose
pagenum: 25; title: 21 Sedulius
pagenum: 26; title: 22 Fortunatus
pagenum: 28; title: 23 Substitution of accent for prosodical length
pagenum: 30; title: 24 Early hymns of uncertain date
pagenum: 31; title: 25 Ambrosian hymns of Adam of St Victor
pagenum: 32; title: 26 Trochaics of Adam of St Victor
pagenum: 35; title: 27 The invention of the initial inversion
pagenum: 39; label: CHAPTER IV
title: Early Church Music: Syllabic Verse 28 Introduction
pagenum: 43; title: 29 Greek music
pagenum: 44; title: 30 The music of Ambrose
pagenum: 45; title: 31 Music of the Roman Empire in general
pagenum: 47; title: 32 St Augustine's psalm
pagenum: 48; title: 33 The music of Augustine's psalm
pagenum: 50; title: 34 The two schools of church music 5 2 35 The influence of the church music on versification
pagenum: 54; title: 36 Contemporary accounts of the Latin rhythms
pagenum: 57; title: 37 Conclusion
pagenum: 57; label: CHAPTER V
title: Early French Verse 38 Introduction, 6> 39 Modern French verse
pagenum: 64; title: 40 The origin of French versification
pagenum: 68; title: 41 The earliest French octosyllabics
pagenum: 70; title: 42 The later development of French octosyllabics
pagenum: 73; title: 43 The difference between Latin and Old French verse  ^
pagenum: 75; title: 44 Explanation of the difference
pagenum: 77; title: 45 Explanation of the change in French verse
pagenum: 83; title: 46 French Decasyllabics
pagenum: 87; label: CHAPTER VI
title: Latin and French Influence in English verse 47 Old English verse
pagenum: 91; title: 48 The decay of Old English verse
pagenum: 92; title: 49 Development of English verse under foreign influence
pagenum: 94; title: 50 Chaucer
pagenum: 97; title: 51 The syllabic principle in Modern English verse
pagenum: 99