{"product_id":"prosody-and-purpose-in-the-english-renaissance-paperback","title":"Prosody and Purpose in the English Renaissance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eO. B. Hardison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Prosody and Purpose in the English Renaissance\u003c\/em\u003e the eminent scholar O. B. Hardison Jr. sets out \"to recover the special kinds of music inherent in English Renaissance poetry.\" The book begins with a thorough and wide-ranging survey of the development of prosodic theory from the ancient \u003cem\u003ears metrica\u003c\/em\u003e tradition to the sixteenth century, with special emphasis on such issues as the relation of verse form and genre, the relation of syntax to prosody, and the role of language reform in shaping Renaissance prosody.\u003cbr\u003e The second part of the book considers the impact of prosodic traditions on specific literary works and verse forms, among them Surrey's Aeneid, Heywood's translation of Seneca's Thyestes, Sackville and Norton's \u003cem\u003eGorboduc\u003c\/em\u003e, and the dramatic and epic verse of Marlowe, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Milton. Throughout, Hardison examines not only how poets crafted their verse but why. He explores authorial purposes ranging from technical attempts to match sound and genre to the lofty aims of improving the vernacular or ennobling culture, from the dramatist's practical search for verse forms suited to the stage to Milton's quest for a meter fit to convey divine relation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eO. B. Hardison Jr. \u003c\/b\u003ewas the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC. He taught at the University of North Carolina, Princeton University, and the University of Tennessee. Among his books are \u003ci\u003eChristian Rite and Christian Drama in the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e (awarded the Haskins Medal by the Mediaeval Society of America); \u003ci\u003eThe Enduring Monument\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAristotle's Poetics: A Translation and Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Forms of Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Quest for Imagination.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53344490062131,"sku":"9781421430515","price":88.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/LMnXzjrE429781421430515.webp?v=1778725736","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/prosody-and-purpose-in-the-english-renaissance-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}