
Free Verse
An Essay on Prosody
Charles O. Hartman(Author)
Northwestern University Press
Will be published approx. on 30. September 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-8101-1316-9 (ISBN)
Description
To make sense of ""free verse"" in theory or in practice, the study of prosody - the function of rhythm in poetry - must be revised and rethought. In this study, Charles Hartman develops a theory of prosody that includes the most characteristic forms of 20th-century poetry. Hartman examines non-metrical verse, discusses the conventions that have emerged in the absence of meter, and shows how these conventions can work prosodically. By analyzing the work of Williams and Eliot - the prosodic masters among early modernists - Hartman traces their influence on more contemporary poets. In his exploration of the means by which a poet controls the reader's temporal experience of poetry, Hartman presents a treatment of the concept of verse.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Evanston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
notes, references, index
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
288 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8101-1316-9 (9780810113169)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction - the prehistory of free verse; some definitions; accentualism, isochrony and the musical fallacy; free verse and prose; counterpoint; the discovery of form; the discovery of meter; free verse and poetry; some contemporaries; full texts of three quoted poems.