PERCY SHELLEY'S REVOLUTIONARY PERIODS

"8 Although Demetrius, Cicero, Quintilian, and others disagreed with Aristotle on certain points-notably the number of members (or cola) admissible in a period and the relations of length, form, and sound that produced harmony and rhythm-all believed with him that good style was rhythmic and th...

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Published in:ELH 2016-12, Vol.83 (4), p.1105-1133
Main Author: SOLOMONESCU, YASMIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aristotle
British & Irish literature
English literature
Interruptions
Pauses
Poetry
Rhetoric
Rhythm
Shelley, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)
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Summary:"8 Although Demetrius, Cicero, Quintilian, and others disagreed with Aristotle on certain points-notably the number of members (or cola) admissible in a period and the relations of length, form, and sound that produced harmony and rhythm-all believed with him that good style was rhythmic and that the flow of its rhythms allowed the hearer to perceive structure.9 Essential to this structuring was the placement within and between periods of pauses, interruptions of sense and synapheia (continuity of rhythm) originally determined by a speaker's breathing.10 Quintilian identified two kinds, one appropriate to moments when "our speech should be held up and as it were left in the air," the other to moments when "it should be brought to rest.
ISSN:0013-8304
1080-6547
1080-6547
DOI:10.1353/elh.2016.0041