The composition of Old English poetry / H. Momma.
The composition of Old English poetry / H. Momma.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
Call Numbers
N829.109/5
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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.
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
This book offers an imaginative new 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...
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The composition of Old English poetry / H. Momma.
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Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ; 20.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-198) and index.
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N829.109/5
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74VMQvmXmyod
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ISBN
0521554810
9780521554817
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829.109
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991000408359702626
