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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Nigel Fabb |
ISBN: | 0521792940 9780521792943 0521796989 9780521796989 9786610432967 6610432961 |
OCLC Number: | 49875148 |
Description: | x, 230 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Literary form -- 2. Generated metrical form -- 3. Communicated form -- 4. The communication of metre -- 5. Lines -- 6. Line-groups in metrical verse and in narrative -- 7. Complexity. |
Responsibility: | Nigel Fabb. |
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'This book presents a highly original linguistic approach to literary structure, and especially to English metrical verse.' Journal of Literary Semantics '... an interesting addition to the linguistic study of verse ... Language and Literary Structure is a significant contribution to the linguistic analysis of literature. It describes and analyzes a broader set of English verse than previous generative accounts ... The writing is clear throughout the book ... Language and Literary Structure could easily serve as the textbook in an advanced course on metrics ... the ongoing and active debate over t his makes Fabb's work both timely and relevant ... Language and Literary Structure will prove useful to both the linguist and the literary scholar ... The book poses interesting answers to provocative questions ...' Journal of Linguistics Read more...


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- English language -- Versification.
- Narration (Rhetoric)
- Literary form.
- Poetics.
- Anglais (Langue) -- Versification.
- Narration.
- Genres littéraires.
- Poétique.
- 18.05 English literature.
- Englisch
- Literarische Form
- Sprachanalyse
- Versdichtung
- Vorm.
- Verteltheorie.
- Metriek.
- Gedichten.
- Engels.
- Amerikaans.
- Taalkunde.
- Englisch.