The Blank-Verse Tradition from Milton to Stevens
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Author | : Henry Weinfield |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : 2012-06-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781107025400 |
ISBN-13 | : 1107025400 |
Rating | : 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Blank-Verse Tradition from Milton to Stevens by : Henry Weinfield
Book excerpt: Blank verse has been central to English poetry since the Renaissance, most famously in Shakespeare's plays and in Paradise Lost. Henry Weinfield's detailed readings of the masterpieces of English blank verse focus on Milton, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson and Stevens, tracing what lies behind their choice of form.