Shakespeare's Metrical Art
Author | : George T. Wright |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 367 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780520076426 |
ISBN-13 | : 0520076427 |
Rating | : 4/5 (427 Downloads) |
Download or read book Shakespeare's Metrical Art written by George T. Wright and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wide-ranging, poetic analysis of the great English poetic line, iambic pentameter, as used by Chaucer, Sidney, Milton, and particularly by Shakespeare. George T. Wright offers a detailed survey of Shakespeare's brilliantly varied metrical keyboard and shows how it augments the expressiveness of his characters' stage language.