[Milton-L] "The Verse"

[Michael Gillum]

Bridges' work is a solid description using the theory of footverse with
substitution. In a way it is just a description of the system of iambic
pentameter illustrated with Milton's lines. In other words, you would get
similar conclusions from a study of Shakespeare's sonnets or even Pope or
The Faerie Queene. John Creaser has a recent study using the system of Derek
Attridge, which I think is superior.. He has some good conclusions about the
frequency of different variations, but no surprises.

Michael


On 6/14/09 1:21 PM, "Matthew Stallard" <stallard at ohio.edu> wrote:

> Dear Kemmer,
> 
> Check out the work of Robert Seymour Bridges. Also, S. Ernest Sprott's
> _Milton's Art of Prosody_.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Matthew
> 
> 
> --On Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:18 PM -0400 Kemmer Anderson
> <kanderso at mccallie.org> wrote:
> 
>> Dear, Colleagues, Has anybody written about Milton's prosody? I am
>> working on a paper about Jefferson's "Thoughts on English Prosody." Is
>> there an essay in Milton Studies. My Milton library is does not seem to
>> have something. Also Jefferson purchased a 2 volume set of Milton's works
>> in Paris in 1784 ; his prosody essay was written in 1786. Thanks, Kemmer
>> Anderson
>> 
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