The book contains comparative analyses of the development of litanic verse in European poetry, from medieval to modern times. Litanic verse is based on different syntactic devices, such as enumeration, parallelism, anaphora and epiphora. However, it is not to be seen merely as a convention of versification as the popularity of different variants of the verse in Europe reflects the religious, intellectual, social and political history of various European regions.… (more)
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften (November 10, 2016)
Collection: Literary and Cultural Theory
Format: EPUB
Page count: 267 pages
Protection: DRM
Language: English