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''Milton's Prosody'', or in full, ''Milton's Prosody, with a chapter on Accentual Verse and Notes'' is a book by Robert Bridges. It was first published by Oxford University Press in 1889, and a final revised edition was published in 1921. Bridges begins with a detailed empirical analysis of the blank verse of ''Paradise Lost'', and then examines the changes in Milton's practice in his later poems ''Paradise Regained'' and ''Samson Agonistes.'' A third section deals with 'obsolete mannerisms'. The final section of the book presents a new system of prosody for accentual verse. ==Writing of the book== Bridges had been asked by Henry Beeching, his local vicar, to write a preface for an edition of ''Paradise Lost'' that Beeching was preparing for sixth-form pupils. Beeching wanted something to counter the prevailing da-DUM-da-DUM style of reading, that artificially distorted words to fit the regular pattern of the iambic pentameter rhythm. When Gerard Manley Hopkins visited Bridges in mid August 1886, they discussed Bridges' work on the preface.〔Phillips 1992, p 137.〕 The contents of the book evolved over decades through several published versions: 〔Publishing chronology based on Brogan 1999, E491-96.〕 * * (published anonymously) * ::(A combined revision of the 1887 & 1889 works.) * ::(''Classical Meters in English Verse'' is not directly related to ''Milton's Prosody'', but was appended to the book because of Bridges's interest in the topic and "as a memorial to Stone's untimely death".〔Brogan 1999, E494.〕) * ::(3 brief papers which grew out of the study.) * ::(The definitive edition, revised, with ''Classical Meters...'' removed, and a new chapter on Accentual Verse.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton's Prosody」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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