The strict metrical tradition : variations in the literary iambic pentameter from Sidney and Spenser to Matthew Arnold / David Keppel-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keppel-Jones, David, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iambic pentameter.

English language--Versification.

English language.

English poetry--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

xi, 280 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keppel-Jones's study focuses on a period of 275 years, during which iambic pentameter variations were conducted with special precision. Representative blocks of verse are chosen from major poets in original authoritative editions, and each variation is analysed on the basis of all cases of that variation. To give precision to certain of the principles, Keppel-Jones follows the linguist Bruce Hayes' definitions of boundaries between word-groups, but handles this material in such a way as to be understood by the general reader. Keppel-Jones found that the practical result of this study is a new metre that he allows him to apply the principles of iambic variation to the anapest. His fascinating and original approach to iambic pentameter will appeal to scholars in the field and also to people with a general interest in poetry.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE

Introduction to Part One 31

1 The Unvaried Line 35

2 Extra Syllables 39

3 The Choriamb 56

4 The Minor Ionic 73

5 The Second Epitrite 93

6 Review of Radical Variations 104

7 Variations Based on the Spondee 11c

8 Variations Based on the Pyrrhic 131

9 Combinations 147

Conclusion to Part One 154

PART TWO

Introduction to Part Two 167

10 The Renaissance 171

11 The Interregnum and the Restoration 184

12 The Eighteenth Century 192

13 The Romantics 197

14 The Victorians 206

Conclusion 216

Appendix:

The Placement of Variations and the Caesura 233

Notes 239

Bibliography 269

Index 275.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85916-1

9786612859168

0-7735-6904-9

OCLC:

929120611