tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post6156683513501558116..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-87418479739561045152010-10-07T15:49:29.533-05:002010-10-07T15:49:29.533-05:00I've been daydreaming about what a prosody bas...I've been daydreaming about what a prosody based on modern phonology would actually look like.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-38203612844483283212010-10-02T13:38:51.731-05:002010-10-02T13:38:51.731-05:00Fair point. I think I would have to devote a lot ...Fair point. I think I would have to devote a lot more time to looking at his theories and analyzing his scansions before I made a definitive judgment. My point was that his history can be valid even in many respects even if we end up not agreeing with him on theoretical points.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-61819915439239177832010-10-02T13:22:59.338-05:002010-10-02T13:22:59.338-05:00I think Saintsbury simply lived too early and didn...I think Saintsbury simply lived too early and didn't have enough data to construct a good theory of prosody. As for his talents as a scanner, I think he's intermittently very good indeed -- e.g. on Wordsworth's immortality ode.Zedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10623092831367861959noreply@blogger.com