The Meters of John Webster
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0820410969
ISBN-13
9780820410968
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 1st, 1989
Print length
253 Pages
Weight
418 grams
Dimensions
16.20 x 22.40 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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Challenging the prevailing view of the meters of the Jacobean dramatist, John Webster (d.1634), this study demonstrates that they are in fact a principled instantiation of the iambic pentameter. Drawing on current linguistic theory, it argues that Webster''s verse preferentially exploits a mirror-image distribution of metrical variations within the line. It analyzes how these distinctive meters contribute to the language of Webster''s plays, and it contrasts his metrical practices with those of his fellow dramatists and of Donne.
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