Lyric Metres of Greek Drama

Klappentext Miss Dale examines the the rhythms of Greek lyric and the laws which control them. Zusammenfassung Miss Dale examines the the rhythms of Greek lyric and the laws which control them. In this 1968 second edition! she has corrected what she calls 'the errors and shortcomings' of the first! and has taken into account work published in the intervening years. Miss Dale writes for classical scholars and others interested in metric. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Classification and terminology; 3. Dactylic; 4. Anapaestic; 5. Iambic, trochaic and iambo-trochaic; 6. Cretic-paeonic; 7. Dochmiac; 8. Ionic; 9. Aeolic: (1) aeolo-choriambic; 10. Aeolic: (2) prosodiac-enoplian; 11. Dactylo-epitrite and kindred metres; 12. Strophic construction; 13. Some notes on performance; Synopsis of typical and common coda; Index locorum; General index.

Product details

• Authors: A. M. Dale, C. M. Dale, Dale A. M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521147569
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14756-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: plays and playwrights