Across the nineteenth century, meter mattered-in more ways and to more people than we might well appreciate today. For the period's poets, metrical matters were a source of inspiration and often vehement debate. And the many readers, teachers, and pupils encountered meter and related topics in both institutional and popular forms. The ten essays in Meter Matters showcase the range of metrical practice of poets from Wordsworth and Byron to Hopkins, Swinburne, and Tennyson; at the same time, the contributors bring into focus some of the metrical theorizing that shaped poetic thinking and responses to it throughout the nineteenth century. Paying close attention to the historical contours of Romantic and Victorian meters, as well as to the minute workings of the verse line, Meter Matters presents a fresh perspective on a subject that figured significantly in the century's literature, and in its culture.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821419684
ISBN-13
9780821419687
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111521579
Product Key Features
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Dimensions
Weight
522g
Height
229mm
Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Ohio
Spine
23mm
Edited by
Jason David Hall
Content Note
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Author Biography
Jason David Hall is a lecturer in English at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of Seamus Heaney's Rhythmic Contract and editor, with Ashby Bland Crowder, of Seamus Heaney: Poet, Critic, Translator.