The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry
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This book examines the ways in which 19th-century English poets Tennyson, Browning, and Hopkins responded creatively to the ambiguities involved in writing down their own voices, the melodies of their speech. Asserting that intonation, accent, tempo, and pitch of utterance can be inferred from a written text but are not clearly demonstrated, Griffiths provides original readings of the poets' work. He also examines the major preoccupations of the period--immortality,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198129890
ISBN13:9780198129899
Release Date:February 1989
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:392 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"
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