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- 9780521554817
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521554810
ISBN-13
9780521554817
eBay Product ID (ePID)
838425
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
220 Pages
Publication Name
Composition of Old English Poetry
Language
English
Subject
Old & Middle English, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
1997
Type
Language Course
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines
Series
Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
96-018631
TitleLeading
The
Series Volume Number
Series Number 20
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Hierarchy of verse-likeness; 3. Word classification; 4. Kuhn's Laws and prosodical syntax; 5. Attached unstressed elements; 6. Detached unstressed elements; 7. Stressed elements; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Synopsis
This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English verse. It challenges the view that Old English poetry is composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody, such as metre and alliteration. It proposes instead that Old English poetry has incorporated prosody into its system. This 'prosodical' syntax is intended to replace the famous syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn through its greater accuracy and wider range of application. The author formulates three concise rules which apply not only to Beowulf and other classic Anglo-Saxon poems but to the entire Old English poetic corpus. Prosodical syntax bears witness to the oral origin of Old English poetry and sheds light on some aspects of performance: it enables the poet to produce an infinite variety of verse while keeping its grammar clear., Offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English poetry., This book offers an imaginative new way of understanding the relationship between syntax and meter in Old English verse. It challenges the view that Old English poetry is composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody, such as meter and alliteration. The author proposes a "prosodical" syntax to replace the syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn through its greater accuracy and wider range of application. She formulates three concise rules that apply to the entire Old English poetic corpus., This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English poetry. It challenges the view that verse was composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody. The author proposes a 'prosodical' syntax to replace the famous syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn.
LC Classification Number
PE253 .M66 1997
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