Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets
|
Buy Now
Vers Libre - The Emergence of Free Verse in France 1886-1914 (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R3,797
Discovery Miles 37 970
|
|
Vers Libre - The Emergence of Free Verse in France 1886-1914 (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Donate to Against Period Poverty
Total price: R3,817
Discovery Miles: 38 170
|
The prosodic description of free verse, in France as elsewhere, has
long been fraught with difficulty: free verse is a web of shifting
rhythmic effects, as relative as they are elusive. This book
attempts to construct methods of analysis, on the basis of a study
of the history and theory of free verse in France. After an initial
exploration of the scansional problems posed by a free-verse poem
(by Alain Fournier) and of the assumptions which might be made
about its nature, Clive Scott looks for answers and verifications
in the history of free verse's early years and in contemporary
theoretical documents. How far was free verse in France an
inevitable outcome of the 'liberalization' of regular verse? How
far was free verse the result of fundamental changes in the way
French rhythms were perceived? What did free verse owe to the
popular song, to the prose poem, to translations? How far does the
practice of free verse coincide with its history? Clive Scott's
principle concern is to establish, on these foundations, working
methods of scansion, and to show how they can be applied in the
interpretation of specific poems. Accordingly, the second part of
the book is devoted to extended commentaries on poems by Rimbaud,
Laforgue, Claudel, and Apollinaire.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.