Latin Metre
Published on 26. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
182 pages
978-1-85399-564-4 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of this title is to provide a reference work for both students and teachers on every kind of Latin metre from the early "saturnian" to medieval accentual verse. The information provided aims to be in its simplest form to make the subject more accessible and jargon free.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
237 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-564-4 (9781853995644)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
David Sebastian Raven
Content
Preface
Introductory Note
1. Latin Verse Structure and History
2. Quantity, Prosody and the Basic Rhythms
3. Word Accent; Saturnian Verse; the Influence of Accent throughout Latin Verse Literature
4. Iambic and Trochaic Verse
5. Dactylic Verse and Simple Dactylic Compounds
6. Anapaestic Verse
7. Bacchaic and Cretic Verse
8. Ionic Verse
9. Aeolic Verse
Index A: Names of Various Metrical Forms and Terms
Index B: References to Authors and Passages
Appendix A: A note on Prose Rhythm and Ciceronian 'Clausulae'
Appendix B: Metrical Notes on Selected Authors