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Autore |
Bredehoft Thomas A. |
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Titolo |
Early English metre / / Thomas A. Bredehoft |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005 |
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©2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-4426-5787-1 |
1-4426-2720-4 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (194 p.) |
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Collana |
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Toronto Old English Studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - Versification |
English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Versification |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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