Old English Metre - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Jun Terasawa is a professor in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo. Klappentext Old English Metre offers an essential framework for the critical analysis of metrical structures and interpretations in Old English literature. Zusammenfassung Old English Metre offers an essential framework for the critical analysis of metrical structures and interpretations in Old English literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Alliteration Rhythm: the Basics Rhythm: Advanced Topics Metre and Word Metre and Grammar Other Problems Related to Old English Metre Appendices Suggested Answers to the Exercises Some Tips for Scanning Half-lines, with Sample Scansions Glossary of Metrical Terms Bibliography Index of Verses and Lines Discussed General Index

Product details

• Authors: Jun Terasawa
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2011
• EAN: 9781442642386
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4238-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon; Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series; Toronto Anglo-Saxon
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics