Search Results for: A Linguistic History Of English Poetry

This introductory book takes the reader through literary history from the Renaissance to Postmodernism, and considers individual texts as paradigms which can bo

This introductory book takes the reader through literary history from the Renaissance to Postmodernism, and considers individual texts as paradigms which can bo

A literary-historical account of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon writings to the present.

Examines the way in which poetry in English makes use of rhythm. The author argues that there are three major influences which determine the verse-forms used in