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Item Review of 'Chaucer's prosody' by Ian Robinson(Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 1972-05) Daalder, JoostDespite some interesting suggestions and bits of information, Ian Robinson overlooks too much altogether. I say this, not to damn his book, but to express dissatisfaction with it. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971.)Item Review of 'A linguistic guide to English poetry' by Geoffrey N Leech(Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association, 1971-05) Daalder, JoostThe author reviews 'A linguistic guide to English poetry'. (London and Harrow: Longmans, English Language Series, 1969.)Item Engels spelenderwijs(Meulenhoff, Amsterdam, 1964) Daalder, Joost; Verhulst, GeorgePlease note: this book is in Dutch.Item An Analysis of George Saintsbury's "A History of English Prosody" [pre-print].(N.Y. Queens College Press, 2007) Daalder, JoostThis is a pre-print version of an article approved for publication in 'Language and Style: an International Journal', published by the City University of New York. The journal's editor states that Professor Daalder's "important article will certainly change the field of prosody for the better" and that this article re-establishes "George Saintsbury as a fundamental source for the study of the technical aspects of the prosody of English poetry." The editor considers this to be a welcome addition to studies of prosody, and says it is "a major contribution to linguistics and literary criticism."Item A Literary Reaction to "A Phonetician's View of Verse Structure" [pre-print].(N.Y. Queens College Press, 2006) Daalder, JoostThis is a pre-print version of an article approved for publication in 'Language and Style: an International Journal', published by the City University of New York. The journal's editors have stated that this essay is "a major contribution to the study of verse structure, and to the linguistics of literature in general." They continue by saying that many of Professor Daalder's points in this article "have materially advanced the study of poetry from a linguistic point of view." In this article, Daalder considers David Abercrombie's paper 'A Phonetician's View of Verse Struture' as presented in his 1965 book, entitled "Studies in Phonetics and Linguistics". Daadler examines Abercrombie's influential essay not only for its own interest, but also as a mode of viewing verse which, in England at any rate, appears to have its origin in the eighteenth century, and which too often bedevils prosodic discussion at any time. The second part of this paper finds that the arguments embodied in "A Phonetician's View of Verse Structure" are in essence those of Joshua Steele in his "An Essay Towards Establishing the Melody and Measure of Speech", published in 1775.Item Modern Poetry in Translation(Outrigger Publishers Ltd, 1976) Daalder, JoostIn this article, Daalder discusses the issue of reading Continental European literary works in translation. Daalder explains that when he reads these works in English, he reads them like an Englishman - the more so because his whole sense of history and culture is by now almost totally English - despite the fact that he is from the Netherlands originally. When it comes to poetry, Daalder tends to judge from an English framework of reference; but at the same time he realizes, when he turns to continental poets, that this attitude will not do.