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Chapter 8. Langland’s Meter and Blank Verse, 1700–2000
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Abbreviations ix
- Note on Quotations and Scansion xi
- Preface xiii
- Introduction. Modernity: The Problem of a History 1
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PART I. ALLITERATIVE METER, TETRAMETER, POLITICAL PROPHECY
- Chapter 1. English Political Prophecy: Coordinates of Form and History 25
- Chapter 2. The Age of Prophecy 47
- Chapter 3. The Ireland Prophecy and the Future of Alliterative Verse 58
- Chapter 4. Tetrameter: The Future of Alliterative Verse 74
- Chapter 5. Where Have All the Pentameter Prophecies Gone? 90
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PART II. ALLITERATIVE METER, PENTAMETER, LANGLAND
- Chapter 6. Alliterative Meter and Blank Verse, 1540–1667 103
- Chapter 7. The Rhymelessness of Piers Plowman 123
- Chapter 8. Langland’s Meter and Blank Verse, 1700–2000 137
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PART III. TETRAMETER, PENTAMETER, CHAUCER
- Chapter 9. Chaucer and the Problem of Modernity 153
- Chapter 10. Chaucer’s English Metrical Phonology: Tetrameter to Pentameter 161
- Chapter 11. The Age of Pentameter 178
- Conclusion. From Archive to Canon 197
- Appendix A. English Prophecy Books 207
- Appendix B. Some Texts of English Verse Prophecies Not Noted in NIMEV 211
- Appendix C. Compilers, Scribes, and Owners of Manuscripts Containing Political Prophecy 219
- Appendix D. The Ireland Prophecy 227
- Notes 231
- Bibliography 259
- Index of Manuscripts and Rare Printed Books 283
- Index of Anonymous Poems 285
- General Index 287
- Acknowledgments 295
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- List of Abbreviations ix
- Note on Quotations and Scansion xi
- Preface xiii
- Introduction. Modernity: The Problem of a History 1
-
PART I. ALLITERATIVE METER, TETRAMETER, POLITICAL PROPHECY
- Chapter 1. English Political Prophecy: Coordinates of Form and History 25
- Chapter 2. The Age of Prophecy 47
- Chapter 3. The Ireland Prophecy and the Future of Alliterative Verse 58
- Chapter 4. Tetrameter: The Future of Alliterative Verse 74
- Chapter 5. Where Have All the Pentameter Prophecies Gone? 90
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PART II. ALLITERATIVE METER, PENTAMETER, LANGLAND
- Chapter 6. Alliterative Meter and Blank Verse, 1540–1667 103
- Chapter 7. The Rhymelessness of Piers Plowman 123
- Chapter 8. Langland’s Meter and Blank Verse, 1700–2000 137
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PART III. TETRAMETER, PENTAMETER, CHAUCER
- Chapter 9. Chaucer and the Problem of Modernity 153
- Chapter 10. Chaucer’s English Metrical Phonology: Tetrameter to Pentameter 161
- Chapter 11. The Age of Pentameter 178
- Conclusion. From Archive to Canon 197
- Appendix A. English Prophecy Books 207
- Appendix B. Some Texts of English Verse Prophecies Not Noted in NIMEV 211
- Appendix C. Compilers, Scribes, and Owners of Manuscripts Containing Political Prophecy 219
- Appendix D. The Ireland Prophecy 227
- Notes 231
- Bibliography 259
- Index of Manuscripts and Rare Printed Books 283
- Index of Anonymous Poems 285
- General Index 287
- Acknowledgments 295