Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Ancient Theory of Poetics as Interpreted in the Cinquecento; 1 Performing Poetry in the Cinquecento and the Neglect of Dante; 2 Performing Epic Poems; 3 The Problem of Dante's Comedy: Genre and Performance; Part II The Sonic Effects of Italian Verse; 4 The 'Sound of Words' as a Quasi-musical Experience; 5 The 'Sound of Verse': Auditory Parameters; 6 Syllable Length in Music Theory; Part III Galilei's Monody; 7 Vincenzo Galilei's Presentation of Dante
8 The Rhythm of Verses and Ugolino's Lament as an 'Aria'9 Monody after Galilei; Appendix: Metrical Analysis of Two Music Examples; Bibliography; Index
