{"product_id":"chapters-on-english-metre-paperback-9781107445819","title":"Chapters on English Metre (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107445819","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChapters on English Metre\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFirst published in 1901, as the second edition of an 1886 original, this book provides a detailed analysis of English metrical systems.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoseph B. Mayor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107445819, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 4 December 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e326 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1901, as the second edition of an 1886 original, this book provides a detailed analysis of English metrical systems. The text presents an attempt 'to ascertain by a process of induction the more general laws of modern metre, and to test the results on a variety of instances'. Notes are incorporated throughout and appendices are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English poetry and the nature of metre.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Antiquarian a-priorism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Logical a-priorism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Aesthetic intuitivism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Natural or a-posteriori system\u003cbr\u003e 6. Metrical metamorphosis\u003cbr\u003e 7. Two recent metrical systems\u003cbr\u003e 8. Naming and classification of metres. Illustrations from Tenyson\u003cbr\u003e 9. Naming and classification of metres. Illustrations from the hymn-book\u003cbr\u003e 10. Blank verse of Surrey and Marlowe\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shakespeare's blank verse. Macbeth\u003cbr\u003e 12. Shakespeare's blank verse. Hamlet\u003cbr\u003e 13. Modern blank verse. Tennyson and Browning\u003cbr\u003e 14. Shelley's metre\u003cbr\u003e 15. The English hexameter\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A. Mr H. Nicol and Prof. Paul Meyer on the Old French decasyllabic metre. Abstract of Zarncke's essay on the 5-foot iambus of Lessing and Schiller\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265719882008,"sku":"9781107445819","price":25.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107445819i_ba00f6c9-a4da-493a-92bf-bd8180967f6c.jpg?v=1696754282","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chapters-on-english-metre-paperback-9781107445819","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}