A Guide to Chaucer's Meter [Hardcover]

Arthur Wayne Glowka (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0819181455 | ISBN-13: 978-0819181459 | Publication Date: November 1, 1993

This book gives step-by-step lessons in the scansion of Chaucer's verse. It offers arguments in favor of foot-scansion and is therefore traditional in its treatment of the subject. Although the method of scansion is traditional, the presentation of the method does not become insistent on narrow readings. Indeed, the final chapter of the book discusses the rhythm of Chaucer's verse and points out the usefulness of rhythmic scansion. Contents: Some Basics; Rhythm and Meter in Modern English; Chaucer's Regular Iambic Pentameter Lines; The Syllables that Count; Some Basic Substitutions; Chaucer's Four-Stress Meter; Metrical Abstraction and Rhythmic Realization.

Editorial Reviews

Review

It's refreshing to read a guide to Chaucer's meter which doesn't invite students to go bat-fowling after ingeniously mistaken theories but deals respectfully with the undoubtedly correct tradition.>>>> (James Sledd Choice )

This is a useful book. Its chief virtue is that it assumes nothing but begins with the principles of rhythm, then moves on to Chaucerian rhythm. It deals lucidly with complicated material.>>>> (John H. Fisher Choice )

A vade mecum for the undergraduate student unacuainted with Chaucer's prosody in particular and issues of versification in general.>>>> (John H. Fisher Speculum A Journal Of Medieval Studies. )

Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find the text a welcome basic introduction to Chaucer's metrics and to the controversies concerning his meter.>>>> (Choice )

Undergraduate and graduate students alike will find the text a welcome basic introduction to Chaucer's metrics and to the controversies concerning his meter. (Choice )

It's refreshing to read a guide to Chaucer's meter which doesn't invite students to go bat-fowling after ingeniously mistaken theories but deals respectfully with the undoubtedly correct tradition. (James Sledd Choice )

This is a useful book. Its chief virtue is that it assumes nothing but begins with the principles of rhythm, then moves on to Chaucerian rhythm. It deals lucidly with complicated material. (John H. Fisher Choice )

A vade mecum for the undergraduate student unacuainted with Chaucer's prosody in particular and issues of versification in general. (John H. Fisher Speculum A Journal Of Medieval Studies. )

About the Author

Arthur Wayne Glowka is Associate Professor of English at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 104 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of America (November 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0819181455
• ISBN-13: 978-0819181459
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,635,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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