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The Fetters of Rhyme

Liberty and Poetic Form in Early Modern England

By: Rebecca M. Rush

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The Fetters of Rhyme

Liberty and Poetic Form in Early Modern England

By: Rebecca M. Rush

How rhyme became entangled with debates about the nature of liberty in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English poetry In 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, Milton was not initiating a new line of thought—English poets had been debating about rhyme and its connections to liberty, freedom, and constraint since Queen Elizabeth’s reign. The Fetters of Rhyme traces this dynamic history of rhyme from the 1590s through the 1670s. Rebecca Rush uncovers the surprising associations early modern readers attached to rhyming forms like couplets and sonnets, and she shows how reading poetic form from a historical perspective yields fresh insights into verse’s complexities. Rush explores how early modern poets imagined rhyme as a band or fetter, comparing it to the bonds linking individuals to political, social, and religious communities. She considers how Edmund Spenser’s sonnet rhymes stood as emblems of voluntary confinement, how John Donne’s revival of the Chaucerian couplet signaled sexual and political radicalism, and how Ben Jonson’s verse charted a middle way between licentious Elizabethan couplet poets and slavish sonneteers. Rush then looks at why the royalist poets embraced the prerational charms of rhyme, and how Milton spent his career reckoning with rhyme’s allures. Examining a poetic feature that sits between sound and sense, liberty and measure, The Fetters of Rhyme elucidates early modern efforts to negotiate these forces in verse making and reading.

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Princeton University Press

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069121784X

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Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

By: Lynn R. Marotz,Edna Hill,Marie Z. Cross,Jeanettia M. Rush

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Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

By: Lynn R. Marotz,Edna Hill,Marie Z. Cross,Jeanettia M. Rush

An invaluable textbook for instructors working in an educational setting, and for caregivers and parents desiring additional information about current concepts as they relate to the fields of health, safety, and nutrition for young children.

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Singular

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0827372736

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9780827372733

Creatures and Curiosities

By: Lynda Collins,Jo Zebedee,M. Rush,Holly Ferres,Kerry Buchanan,Valerie Christie,James Samuel McKay,Christopher Cousins,David Doherty-Jebb,Kevin Connolly,Erin Burnett,Cathy Reilly,Ellie Rose McKee

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Creatures and Curiosities

By: Lynda Collins,Jo Zebedee,M. Rush,Holly Ferres,Kerry Buchanan,Valerie Christie,James Samuel McKay,Christopher Cousins,David Doherty-Jebb,Kevin Connolly,Erin Burnett,Cathy Reilly,Ellie Rose McKee

Think you know about fairies? Consider yourself an expert on monsters? Or maybe you think you've read all there is to read about mermaids? Well, think again! Belfast Writer's Group is back with sixteen new stories, including Silver Threads of Coralline by Jo Zebedee, which was an Ellen Datlow recommended read for 2015. Be prepared for curious tales of creatures from myth and legend you [think you] know and love, plus a few new ones.

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254

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Lulu.com

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024463811X

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9780244638115

Parliamentary Socialisation

Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour?

By: M. Rush,P. Giddings

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Parliamentary Socialisation

Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour?

By: M. Rush,P. Giddings

This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.

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284

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Springer

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0230316859

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9780230316850

Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories

By: Lynda Collins,Jo Zebedee,M. Rush,Holly Ferres,Kerry Buchanan,Sarah McNeill,John-Henry Parker,Phil Deane,Neill W. G. Stringer,James Donnelly,Valerie Christie,Philip Henry,Ellie Rose McKee

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Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories

By: Lynda Collins,Jo Zebedee,M. Rush,Holly Ferres,Kerry Buchanan,Sarah McNeill,John-Henry Parker,Phil Deane,Neill W. G. Stringer,James Donnelly,Valerie Christie,Philip Henry,Ellie Rose McKee

Belfast Writers' Group presents a collection of seventeen tales of the supernatural, featuring ghosts, fiends, and an assortment of other monstrosities. This anthology will terrify and tease you with its feast of short stories full of fear, humour, and suspense.

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0244937443

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9780244937447

Book's by M. Rush

The Fetters of Rhyme

The Fetters of Rhyme

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

Creatures and Curiosities

Creatures and Curiosities

Parliamentary Socialisation

Parliamentary Socialisation

Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories

Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories

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