Fetters of rhyme, the: liberty and poetic form in early modern england
Auteur :
Rush, Rebecca M.
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691217840
Date de publication :
17 déc. 2024
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
How rhyme became entangled with debates about the nature of liberty in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetryIn his 1668 preface to Paradise Lost, John Milton rejected the use of rhyme, portraying himself as a revolutionary freeing English verse from "the troublesome and modern bondage of Riming." Despite his claim to be a pioneer, M