BRITISH CRITICISM DURING THE RENAISSANCE –Blamiers
M.
Phil English, Bharathiar University--Blamiers—
Approaches--Unit
I
The
RENAISSANCE IV
BRITISH CRITICISM DURING THE
RENAISSANCE
Summary
by Dr. S. Sreekumar
Note:
The summary is in FIVE parts
PART IV—CLASSICAL & NATIVE
VERSIFICATION
Nothing
has been more unproductive in the history of English criticism than the debate
about classical meters.
Conservatives
tried to apply the quantitative meter of Latin language on to English verse.
But Latin meter was totally inapplicable to English verse. Latin syllable
ending in two consonants must be accounted ‘long’. This was inapplicable and led to clumsiness
when imposed on English verse.
