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The Fetters of Rhyme: Liberty and Poetic Form in Early Modern England Rebecca M. Rush
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The Fetters of Rhyme: Liberty and Poetic Form in Early Modern England
Rebecca M. Rush
How rhyme became entangled with debates about the nature of liberty in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetryIn his 1668 preface to Paradise Lost, John Milton rejected the use of rhyme, portraying himself as a revolutionary freeing English verse from "the troublesome and modern bondage of Riming." Despite his claim to be a pioneer,
288 pages, 3 b/w illus. 1 table.
| Size | M |
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 4, 2021 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691212555 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 163 × 32 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |