But I Digress - The Exploitation of Parentheses in English Printed Verse

Zusatztext Mr Lennard's illuminating interpretive analyses amply demonstrate the significance of the parenthesis. Klappentext Dr Johnson and whole hosts of grammarians disapproved of parentheses, but for countless poets they have been essential to their work. John Lennard provides a history of the poetic use of lunulae (the marks of parentheses) from their first appearance in England in 1494 to the present day, and shows how in each period the patterns of literary use have reflected technological, philosophical, and political developments. Zusammenfassung This study explores how poets and writers have used lunulae (the marks of parenthesis) through the ages, and how in each period the patterns of literary use have reflected, and continue to reflect, technological, philosophical and political developments.

Product details

• Authors: John Lennard, John (Staff Fellow Lennard, Lennard John
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.1991
• EAN: 9780198112471
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811247-1
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, c 1500 onwards to present day, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Historical and comparative linguistics