John Livingston Lowes

John Livingston Lowes (December 20, 1867, Decatur, Indiana – August 15, 1945, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American scholar and critic of English literature. Quotes There is one way, and only one, of correctly reading a Latin hexameter. There may be three or four ways of reading an English blank verse line. I venture to say that no two mortals ever read aloud any given long passage of verse with precisely the same rhythms. Conventions and Revolt in Poetry (1919) Free verse may be written as very beautiful prose; prose may be written as very beautiful free verse. Which is which ? Nation (February 1916) External links Category:1867 births Category:1945 deaths Category:Academics from the United States Category:Essayists from the United States Category:Educators from the United States Category:Literary critics Category:People from Indiana