Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prefatory Remarks
- 1 Theme and syllabic position
- 2 The octosyllable, rhythmicity and syllabic position
- 3 Figure and syllabic position
- 4 A privileged syllable
- 5 Rhythmicity and metricity
- 6 Rhythmicity and metricity in free verse
- Conclusion: Choice and Authority in verse
- Appendix The fundamentals of French versification
- Notes
- Bibliographical references
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Prefatory Remarks
- 1 Theme and syllabic position
- 2 The octosyllable, rhythmicity and syllabic position
- 3 Figure and syllabic position
- 4 A privileged syllable
- 5 Rhythmicity and metricity
- 6 Rhythmicity and metricity in free verse
- Conclusion: Choice and Authority in verse
- Appendix The fundamentals of French versification
- Notes
- Bibliographical references
- Index
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- A Question of SyllablesEssays in Nineteenth-Century French Verse, pp. vii - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986