Historical Manual of English Prosody
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY4. CHAPTER II SYSTEMS OF ENGLISH PROSODY—THE ACCENTUAL OR STRESS5. CHAPTER III SYSTEMS OF ENGLISH PROSODY—THE SYLLABIC6. CHAPTER IV SYSTEMS OF ENGLISH PROSODY—THE FOOT7. CHAPTER V RULES OF THE FOOT SYSTEM8. CHAPTER VI CONTINUOUS ILLUSTRATIONS OF ENGLISH SCANSION ACCORDING TO THE FOOT SYSTEM9. XIII. Later Middle English Period Potentially Metrical Lines in Langland (see Book II).10. XIII. Later Middle English Period Potentially Metrical Lines in Langland (see Book II). (continued 2)11. CHAPTER I FROM THE ORIGINS TO CHAUCER—THE CONSTITUTION OF ENGLISH VERSE[49]12. CHAPTER II FROM CHAUCER TO SPENSER—DISORGANISATION AND RECONSTRUCTION13. CHAPTER III FROM SHAKESPEARE TO MILTON—THE CLOSE OF THE FORMATIVE PERIOD14. CHAPTER IV HALT AND RETROSPECT—CONTINUATION ON HEROIC VERSE AND ITS COMPANIONS FROM DRYDEN TO CRABBE15. CHAPTER V THE ROMANTIC REVIVAL—ITS PRECURSORS AND FIRST GREAT STAGE16. CHAPTER VI THE LAST STAGE—TENNYSON TO SWINBURNE17. CHAPTER VII RECAPITULATION OR SUMMARY VIEW OF STAGES OF ENGLISH PROSODY18. CHAPTER I BEFORE 170019. CHAPTER II FROM BYSSHE TO GUEST20. CHAPTER III LATER NINETEENTH-CENTURY PROSODISTS21. CHAPTER I GLOSSARY22. CHAPTER II REASONED LIST OF POETS WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THEIR PROSODIC QUALITY AND INFLUENCE23. CHAPTER III ORIGINS OF LINES AND STANZAS24. CHAPTER IV BIBLIOGRAPHY25. INDEX