The Riches of Rhyme: Studies in French Verse

by Clive Scott

Overview

How does rhyme in French verse create and interfere with poetic meaning? Despite the importance of the topic, it has gone neglected until this study, which examines features peculiar to French rhyme; explores their contribution to poetic structure, meaning, and semantic productivity; and tests current methods of classifying rhymes. Also included are reappraisals of important poetic works by Racine, Moliere, Voltaire, Verlaine, and Aragon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198158530
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/02/1988
Pages:	348
Product dimensions:	8.92(w) x 5.68(h) x 1.07(d)

About the Author

University of East Anglia

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
Part I
1.	Degrees of Rhyme	11
2.	Rhyme Gender	44
3.	Rhymes, Suffixes, Endings	72
4.	Rhyme, Truth, and Argument	102
5.	The Metrical Status of Rhyme: Conclusion to Part I	130
Part II
6.	Racine, Mithridate (1673)	149
7.	Moliere, Les Femmes savantes (1672)	178
8.	Voltaire, Poeme sur le desastre de Lisbonne (1756)	208
9.	Verlaine, Fetes galantes (1869)	237
10.	Aragon, Les Yeux d'Elsa (1942)	266
	Conclusion	305
	Appendices
I	The Fundamentals of French Versification, with an Annexe on Rhyme	310
II	Texts	322
	Bibliographical References	333
	Further Bibliography	338
	Index	340

Editorial Reviews

"Scott provokes considerable rethinking on topics of intense interest to anyone working on French poetry and I am sincerely grateful."—Nineteenth-Century French Studies

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