Historical Manual of English Prosody

by George Saintsbury

Dynix#: 721219
NNBR#: 009462021
710213086
LCCN#: 66016648

Genres: Writing, Poetry

347 pages

First published January 1, 1910

About the author

George Edward Bateman Saintsbury was an English scholar, writer, literary historian and critic.

Reviews

[Seth · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is indispensable for students of poetry. Saintsbury's 3-volume history of English prosody is a beast (being 3 volumes), and this single-volume distillation is handy, incredibly readable, and carries a useful glossary of prosodic terms at the end. Students of contemporary (or at least post-1900) poetry will want to supplement it with a more current volume to deal with the post-Ezra Pound breakthroughs (or breakdowns, depending on your stance), but this is as good a foundation as you can get.

[Pilar · Rating 3 out of 5]

A facsimile edition of a good 1910 historical manual of English prosody, useful as a reference book.