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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-100521554810

ISBN-139780521554817

eBay Product ID (ePID)838425

Product Key Features

Number of Pages220 Pages

Publication NameComposition of Old English Poetry

LanguageEnglish

SubjectOld & Middle English, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year1997

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorHal Momma

SeriesCambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN96-018631

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 20

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentList 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.

SynopsisThis 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 NumberPE253 .M66 1997