Early English Metre

Informationen zum Autor Thomas A. Bredehoft is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of English at West Virginia University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 Ælfric 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

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Bredehoft, Thomas A. Bredehoft, Thomas A. Bredhoft
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.11.2005
• EAN: 9780802038319
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-3831-9
• No. of pages: 225
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Toronto Old English Studies; Toronto Old English; Toronto Old English Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies