The riches of rhyme : studies in French verse / Clive Scott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scott, Clive, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

French language--Rhyme.

French language.

French language--Versification.

Physical Description:

342 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.

Summary:

How does rhyme in French verse create and interfere with poetic meaning? Despite the importance of the topic, it has gone neglected until this study, which examines features peculiar to French rhyme; explores their contribution to poetic structure, meaning, and semantic productivity; and tests current methods of classifying rhymes. Also included are reappraisals of important poetic works by Racine, Moliere, Voltaire, Verlaine, and Aragon.

Contents:

1. Degrees of Rhyme 11

2. Rhyme Gender 44

3. Rhymes, Suffixes, Endings 72

4. Rhyme, Truth, and Argument 102

5. The Metrical Status of Rhyme: Conclusion to Part I 130

6. Racine, Mithridate (1673) 149

7. Moliere, Les Femmes savantes (1672) 178

8. Voltaire, Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne (1756) 208

9. Verlaine, Fetes galantes (1869) 237

10. Aragon, Les Yeux d'Elsa (1942) 266

I The Fundamentals of French Versification, with an Annexe on Rhyme 310.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [333]-339.

ISBN:

019815853X :

OCLC:

16756747