Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Seamus Heaney's rhythmic contract Seamus Heaney's rhythmic contract Jason David Hall "While glosses on Heaney's verse forms figure more or less in critical accounts of his poetry, this is the first book to take the craft of his art as its focus. Setting out a historically informed ap… OL15612262W
Analysing older English Analysing older English David Denison "Is historical linguistics different in principle from other linguistic research? This book addresses problems encountered in gathering and analysing data from early English, including the incomplete… OL15936482W
Old English metre Old English metre Jun Terasawa "Old English Metre offers an essential framework for the critical analysis of metrical structures and interpretations in Old English literature. Jun Terasawa's comprehensive introductory text covers … OL16345445W
The making of Homeric verse The making of Homeric verse Milman Parry lxii, 483 p., 2 plates. 24 cm OL4968731W
Rhyme, meter, and other word music Rhyme, meter, and other word music Jennifer Fandel Explains what rhyme, meter, and other word music are, and provides examples showing how they are used in poetry. OL5734852W
Dylan, druid of the broken body Dylan, druid of the broken body Aneirin Talfan Davies A later edition of Dylan, druid of the broken body containing an extra essay by Talfan Davies called The Influence of Welsh Prosody on English Poetry. This later book was published by Christopher Dav… OL6489402W
Atop an Underwood Atop an Underwood Jack Kerouac An anthology of early stories by the poet of the Beat generation. Topics range from his time in Columbia University, from which he was expelled, to an excerpt from a novel which is based on his servi… OL65917W