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A history of European versification. Examining poetry written in 30 languages and over several millennia, M.L. Gasparov shows how the poetry of English, French, Russian, Greek, and other European languages has developed from a single common Indo-European source.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gasparov, M. L. (Mikhail Leonovich)
Other Authors: Smith, Gerald Stanton, Holford-Strevens, Leofranc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Poetics > History.
European poetry > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Poétique > Histoire.
Poésie européenne > Histoire et critique > Théorie, etc.
Poetics.
Literature - General.
Languages & Literatures.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A history of European versification. Examining poetry written in 30 languages and over several millennia, M.L. Gasparov shows how the poetry of English, French, Russian, Greek, and other European languages has developed from a single common Indo-European source.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 334 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-323) and indexes.
ISBN:9780191673368
0191673366