Moving words : forms of English poetry /

This text provides extensive evidence of the importance of close attention to the moving and sounding of language in the poems we take pleasure in. It investigates the ways in which poets have exploited the resources of the language as a spoken medium to write verse that continues to move and deligh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Attridge, Derek (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	English poetry > History and criticism. English language > Rhythm. Sound in literature. Poésie anglaise > Histoire et critique. Anglais (Langue) > Rythme. POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. English language > Rhythm English poetry Sound in literature Rhythmus Englisch Lyrik Metrik Gedichten. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction: Against Abstraction""; ""PART I. FORMAL QUESTIONS""; ""1. A Return to Form?""; ""2. Meaning in Movement: Phrasing and Repetition""; ""3. Rhyme in English and French: The Problem of the Dramatic Couplet""; ""4. Sound and Sense in Lyric Poetry""; ""PART II. RHYTHM AND METRE""; ""5. Rhythm in English Poetry: Beat Prosody""; ""6. Rhythm and Interpretation: The Iambic Pentameter""; ""7. An Enduring Form: The English Dolnik""; ""8. Lexical Inventiveness and Metrical Patterns: Beats and Keats""
""9. Poetry Unbound? Observations on Free Verse""""Appendix: Scansion Symbols""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""