A History of European Versification (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198158790)

Examining poetry written in 30 languages (from Irish to Belorussian) and over several millennia (from classical Latin and Greek to the experiments of the contemporary avant garde), this is the first detailed history of European versification. Gasparov shows how the poetry of English, French, Russian, Greek, and other European languages has developed from a single common Indo-European source. The book's account is liberally illustrated with verse examples, both in their original languages and in translation.

Author: M. L. Gasparov, G. S. Smith, M. Tarlinskaya
ISBN-10: 0198158793
ISBN-13: 9780198158790
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 08/29/1996
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.88h x 5.84w x 1.10d