Items related to All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation...
Synopsis
Perfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of literature, and aspiring poets, All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing is a lively and comprehensive study of versification by one of our best contemporary practitioners of traditional poetic forms. Emphasizing both the coherence and the diversity of English metrical practice from Chaucer’s time to ours, Timothy Steele explains how poets harmonize the fixed units of meter with the variable flow of idiomatic speech. He examines the ways in which poets have used meter, rhyme, and stanza to communicate and enhance meaning. Steele illuminates as well many practical, theoretical, and historical issues in English prosody, without ever losing sight of the fundamental pleasures, beauties, and insights that fine poems offer us. Written lucidly, with a generous selection of helpful scansions and explanations of the metrical effects of the great poets of the English language, All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing is not only a valuable handbook on technique; it is also a wide-ranging study of English verse and a mine of entertaining information for anyone wishing more fully to write, enjoy, understand, or teach poetry.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Timothy Steele’s books include Toward the Winter Solstice, a collection of poems published by Ohio University Press. Among Steele’s honors are a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing from Stanford University; a Peter I. B. Lavan Younger Poets Award from the Academy of American Poets; and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is a professor emeritus at California State University, Los Angeles, where he taught literature and writing for twenty-five years.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation...
Stock Image
All the Funâs in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: SN Books Ltd, Thetford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. Orders shipped daily from the UK. Professional seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000491403
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing : An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 8917135-6
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing : An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers. Seller Inventory # 203900-5
Quantity: 4 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.29. Seller Inventory # G0821412604I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.29. Seller Inventory # G0821412604I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.29. Seller Inventory # G0821412604I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.29. Seller Inventory # G0821412604I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.29. Seller Inventory # G0821412604I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing : An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 203900-n
Quantity: 3 available
Stock Image
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification
Published by
Ohio University Press, 1999
ISBN 10: 0821412604
ISBN 13: 9780821412602
New
Paperback / softback
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. 660. Seller Inventory # B9780821412602
Quantity: 2 available