A history of English prose rhythm

Description:

This scholarly exploration of meter and rhythm begins with ancient Greece and Rome; moving through Old and Middle English; Chaucer; the ornate and plain styles; Edmund Burke; the great novelists of the nineteenth century such as Austen, Dickens, and Thackeray; the lyrical prose of John Ruskin; and more. It is one of the very few full-length studies of prose rhythm.

subjects: English language,  Style,  History and criticism,  Rhythm,  English prose literature,  English prose literature, history and criticism,  English language, style