The strict metrical tradition [electronic resource] : variations in the literary iambic pentameter from Sidney and Spenser to Matthew Arnold / David Keppel-Jones.

Machine generated contents note: PART ONE
Introduction to Part One 31
1 The Unvaried Line 35
2 Extra Syllables 39
3 The Choriamb 56
4 The Minor Ionic 73
5 The Second Epitrite 93
6 Review of Radical Variations 104
7 Variations Based on the Spondee 11c
8 Variations Based on the Pyrrhic 131
9 Combinations 147
Conclusion to Part One 154
PART TWO
Introduction to Part Two 167
10 The Renaissance 171
11 The Interregnum and the Restoration 184
12 The Eighteenth Century 192
13 The Romantics 197
14 The Victorians 206
Conclusion 216
Appendix:
The Placement of Variations and the Caesura 233
Notes 239
Bibliography 269
Index 275.