The Versification web page has moved from Oregon State University to
the following site:
http://www.arsversificandi.net/.
I and my associate editor, Peter Groves of Monash University, had
asked Monash to host the site, which it agreed to do, but added the
impossible requirement that every single page down to the lowest
hierarchical level must carry the university's name, an impossibility
with a web page so large as Versification, so we decided to use a
private server. I invite all those interested in versification to
visit the page and give us their feedback.
The current issue, Volume 4, has an important article by Peter that
revises our traditional theory about the origin of English iambic
pentameter: "Finding his Feet: Wyatt and the Founding of English
Pentameter." The board of editors accepted this paper nearly three
years ago, but it is just now appearing due to the extremely complex
formatting it required and various bureaucratic problems contingent
on moving the page. The article, which makes extensive use of color
and other symbols to clarify scansion, is a prime example of research
that benefits from publication in an electronic journal.
Versification is, accordingly, soliciting articles on all aspects of
versification in Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Sanskrit, the main European
languages, Chinese and Japanese. If you have an article in
preparation and would consider submitting it, please send a query to
the editors' email address at Versification.
We have also embarked on a "surge" in reviewing that won't cost the
taxpayers anything. While we are not yet in a position to send out
books for review in the style of the venerable BMCR, we would be
happy to consider timely reviews of any books already in your hands.
Please send queries about potential reviews to the editors' email
address.
Steven J. Willett
Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
Hamamatsu, Japan
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