Tom Hood's "A Practical Guide to English Versification" is a non-fiction work detailing the principles of English poetry. Published in 1886, this guide offers insights into the technical aspects of verse composition during the late 19th century.
Sources for Tom Hood — A Practical Guide to English Versification
Tom Hood — A Practical Guide to English Versification in Writing Fiction and Poetry
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- Horace (Ars Poetica) — The Art of Poetry: An Epistle to the Pisos (c. 19 BCE)
- Walter Besant — The Art of Fiction: A Lecture (1884)
- Sherwin Cody — The Art of Writing and Speaking the English Language (1903)
- Arnold Bennett — The Author's Craft (1914)
- Edith Wharton — The Writing of Fiction (1925)
- Percy Lubbock — The Craft of Fiction (1921)
- William Strunk Jr. — The Elements of Style (1918)
- Anonymous — How to Write a Novel: A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction (1901)
- Edgar Allan Poe — The Philosophy of Composition (1846)