Sound and Structure in the Divine Comedy

Zusatztext The value of this fine book by David Robey is most of all methodological ... a study of this kind provides important material for all subsequent discussions, and it certainly achieves its aim of presenting a basic text for future computerized studies of metrics Informationen zum Autor David Robey is Professor of Italian, University of Reading Klappentext This book uses a variety of computer-based processes to construct a systematic analytical description of the sounds of Dante's Divine Comedy in the sense of their overall distribution within the text. The description is developed through a comparative treatment of the same features in a range of related texts, with a view to defining the distinctive characteristics of Dante's practice; and by a discussion of the function and effect of sounds in the work, with special attention to unusually high incidences of particular features. The book is thus both a contribution to the scholarly debate about Dante's poem, and an illustration and discussion of the ways in which new electronic technology can be used for this kind of purpose. Zusammenfassung The book makes a pioneering use of based procedures to describe and analyze the sounds of Dante's Divine Comedy. For all the force and originality of the poem's language and style, the structure and effect of its sounds have remained relatively unexplored. The study leads to a variety of new conclusions on this subject, and provides an indispensable reference tool for further work in the area. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables 1: Introduction 2: Alliteration and Assonance 3: Rhyme 4: Counting Syllables 5: Accent 6: Formalism, Structuralism, and Semiotics in the Criticism of the Comedy Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: David Robey, David (Professor of Italian Robey, Robey David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.12.2000
• EAN: 9780198184980
• ISBN: 978-0-19-818498-0
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Fiction; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Italian, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets