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Thomas Cable The English Alliterative Tradition (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- The English Alliterative Tradition
- Title
- The English Alliterative Tradition
- ISBN-10
- 0812230639
- EAN
- 9780812230635
- ISBN
- 9780812230635
- Genre
- Literary Criticism
- Release Year
- 1991
- Release Date
- 07/29/1991
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Publication Name
- English Alliterative Tradition
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Publication Year
- 1991
- Series
- Anniversary Collection
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 192 Pages
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The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new understanding of Middle English meter itself. Drawing upon recent insights in linguistics, Cable articulates a revolutionary theory of rhythm in English poetry from its beginnings through the Renaissance and beyond. Cable's discussion moves from the rhythms of Old English poetry and prose to the poetry of Chaucer and the Alliterative Revival, to Shakespeare and T. S. Eliot. He demonstrates that Middle English poetry does not show the continuity of tradition that standard authorities have asserted. With the Norman Conquest of 1066 came a clear break, and what followed was a drastic misreading by the poets of what had come before. Throughout the book, Cable constantly asks fundamental questions regarding the intentions of the poet, the impact of the perceived metrical tradition upon that poet, and, with reference to Peircean abduction, the possibility of constructing any metrical theory, especially one from the distant past. The answers and their implications--metrical, cognitive, and philosophical--provide the foundation for a new understanding of the creation and evolution of English versification from the seventh century to the present. The English Alliterative Tradition is a major and controversial study in medieval English poetics that illustrates and clarifies key ideas of the New Philology. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Old and Middle English, prosody, and historical linguistics.
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Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN-10
0812230639
ISBN-13
9780812230635
eBay Product ID (ePID)
542733
Product Key Features
Publication Name
English Alliterative Tradition
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1991
Series
Anniversary Collection
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr317.A55c33 1991
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Grade to
College Graduate Student
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This is a fine piece of work that contains very clear technical writing on problems of meter previously accessible only to specialists, and should interest anyone concerned with English verse form. Cable's debunking of the 'accentual' theory of alliterative verse, in particular, makes the book important for students of modern meters. . . . After Cable's book is published, no one will be able to say that Chaucer introduced syllable-counting to English poetry or that experimental verse with a rough equivalence in number of stresses per line draws on a long native tradition. Cable convinces me that there never was any such tradition. Accessible. . . . Sophisticated. . . . Striking. . . . Original., "This is a fine piece of work that contains very clear technical writing on problems of meter previously accessible only to specialists, and should interest anyone concerned with English verse form. Cable's debunking of the 'accentual' theory of alliterative verse, in particular, makes the book important for students of modern meters. . . . After Cable's book is published, no one will be able to say that Chaucer introduced syllable-counting to English poetry or that experimental verse with a rough equivalence in number of stresses per line draws on a long native tradition. Cable convinces me that there never was any such tradition. Accessible. . . . Sophisticated. . . . Striking. . . . Original."--Geoffrey Russom
Copyright Date
1991
Topic
Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Lccn
91-009184
Dewey Decimal
821/.109
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
20
Genre
Literary Criticism
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