Examines the work of a range of early 20th century French poets including Cendrars, Apollinaire, Perse and Supervielle, in order to indicate the reading strategies needed to do justice to free verse's rhythmic versatility.
We are still a long way from knowing how to read the rhythms of free verse, a poetry which has been largely neglected by metrical theory. Clive Scott's readable and scholarly study indicates the strategies of reading needed if justice is to be done to free verse's rhythmic versa…
Richard Hillman applies to tragic patterns and practices in early modern England his long-standing critical preoccupation with English-French cultural connections in the period. He focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600…
"The book fills a significant gap in modern critical studies. Hitherto, there has been no considered attempt to relate Existentialist thought to contemporary literature--and this is precisely what Dr Dobrez achieves, taking four leading writers and discussing their work in relat…
Bourré d'exemples prestigieux, ce véritable traité indique l'opportunité sinon la nécessité du point, de la virgule, de la parenthèse, des guillemets, des points d'interrogation ou d'exclamation, etc. en tout texte qui se veut sinon littéraire du moins lisible. Une première part…