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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787487103321

Autore

Bredehoft Thomas A.

Titolo

Early English metre / / Thomas A. Bredehoft

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-4426-5787-1

1-4426-2720-4

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Toronto Old English Studies

Disciplina

829.1/009

Soggetti

English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Versification

English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Versification

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 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 AElfric 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

Sommario/riassunto

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.