Early Twentieth-Century Terms for New Verse Forms (‘free verse’ and others) in Japanese and Arabic

In the first half of the twentieth century, when Japanese and Arabic poets began writing free-verse poetry, many terms were proposed as labels for the new form. In addition to the calques on “free verse,” neologisms were created to name the new poetry. What is striking is that, in these two quite di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scott Mehl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tartu Press 2015-07-01
Series:Studia Metrica et Poetica
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Online Access:https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/smp/article/view/12184