Metrical constraint and the interpretation of style in the tragic trimeter
Auteur :
Baechle, Nicholas
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780739121436
Date de publication :
26 mars 2007
Dimensions :
23,1 x 15,3 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
540 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This study is an interpretation of the choices the tragedians made in regard to certain forms of standardized variations in word order and prosody. Those choices were made in response to the competing demands of metrical constrain and the poets' sense of what was stylistically appropriate for tragic trimeters.