Thomas Bredehoft

Early English Metre

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Produktbeschreibung

Early English Metre presents a new perspective on early English verse and a new perspective on much of early English literary history. It is an essential addition to the literature on Old and Middle English and will be widely discussed amongst scholars in the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 15th edition
• Seitenzahl: 225
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 158mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780802038319
• ISBN-10: 080203831X
• Artikelnr.: 21653081

Autorenporträt

Thomas A. Bredehoft is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of English at West Virginia University.

Inhaltsangabe

1.1 Introduction
1.2 Sieversian Formalism
2.1 A New Formalism for Classical Old English Metre
2.2 Scanning Old English Verse
2.3 Additional Rules: Hypermetric Verses, Rhyme, and Alliteration
2.4 Classical Old English Poetics
3.1 Late Old English Verse
3.2 Ælfric and Late Old English Verse
3.3 The Poetics of Late Old English Verse
4.1 Layamon and Early Middle English Verse
4.2 Layamon's Old English Poetics
Notes
Bibliography
Index