A History of Free VerseUniversity of Arkansas Press, 1 de gen. 2001 - 285 pàgines This book examines the most salient and misunderstood aspect of twentieth-century poetry, free verse. Although the form is generally approached as if it were one indissoluble lump, it is actually a group of differing poetic genres proceeding from much different assumptions. Separate chapters on T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, H.D., and William Carlos Williams elucidate many of these assumptions and procedures, while other chapters address more general theoretical questions and trace the continuity of Modern poetics in contemporary poetry. Taking a historical and aesthetic approach, this study demonstrates that many of the forms considered to have been invented in the Modern period actually extend underappreciated traditions. Not only does this book examine the classical influence on Modern poetry, it also features discussions of the poetics of John Milton, Abraham Cowley, Matthew Arnold, and a host of lesser-known poets. Throughout it is an investigation of the prosodic issues that free verse foregrounds, particularly those focusing on the reader's part in interpreting poetic rhythm. |
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... Cowley to Eliot 61 Chapter Three : The Haunting of Wallace Stevens Chapter Four : Straight Talk , Straight as the Greeks Chapter Five : The Parsing Meter and Beyond Conclusion : Avoiding Prosody ? Notes Works Cited Index 101 135 179 223 ...
... Cowley to Eliot 61 Chapter Three : The Haunting of Wallace Stevens Chapter Four : Straight Talk , Straight as the Greeks Chapter Five : The Parsing Meter and Beyond Conclusion : Avoiding Prosody ? Notes Works Cited Index 101 135 179 223 ...
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... Cowley : " The great pleasure of verse , " Johnson wrote , “ arises from the known measure of the lines and the uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the voice is regularized and the memory relieved " ( 1.47 ) . In the middle of ...
... Cowley : " The great pleasure of verse , " Johnson wrote , “ arises from the known measure of the lines and the uniform structure of the stanzas , by which the voice is regularized and the memory relieved " ( 1.47 ) . In the middle of ...
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... cise poetry . Together , organicism and poetic modality with two most prevalent myths that enabled Modern free verse . pre- prose virtues are the CHAPTER TWO The Loose Tradition in Verse from Cowley to 60 The Problem of Free Verse.
... cise poetry . Together , organicism and poetic modality with two most prevalent myths that enabled Modern free verse . pre- prose virtues are the CHAPTER TWO The Loose Tradition in Verse from Cowley to 60 The Problem of Free Verse.
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... Cowley to Eliot , this is my first demonstration that Modern free verse is indeed what Wesling and Bollobás call the “ natural child ” of traditional prosody . Indeed , Eliot's ghost - of - meter paradigm for free verse demands that it ...
... Cowley to Eliot , this is my first demonstration that Modern free verse is indeed what Wesling and Bollobás call the “ natural child ” of traditional prosody . Indeed , Eliot's ghost - of - meter paradigm for free verse demands that it ...
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... Cowley anticipates the contemporary reception of Modern free verse . It cannot be argued that the connection between Cowley and Eliot is acci- dental , because , as I shall establish , Cowley's ideas and procedures persisted in a ...
... Cowley anticipates the contemporary reception of Modern free verse . It cannot be argued that the connection between Cowley and Eliot is acci- dental , because , as I shall establish , Cowley's ideas and procedures persisted in a ...
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The Haunting of Wallace Stevens | 101 |
Straight Talk Straight as the Greeks | 135 |
The Parsing Meter and Beyond | 179 |
Avoiding Prosody? | 223 |
Notes | 237 |
Works Cited | 255 |
Index | 273 |
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