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The metre of Beowulf : a constraint-based approach
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This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. B...
This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.
Details
- Creator
- by Michael Getty
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Reprint 2011
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (380 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9783110905410, 3110905418, 3110171058
- OCLC
- on1013947130, ocn979693667, ocn922944816
- Revision of the author's thesis, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-357) and indexes.
- Issued also in print.
- English
- Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The stress phonology of Old English -- Chapter 3 Metrical structure at the foot level: Part I -- Chapter 4 Metrical structure at the foot level: Part II -- Chapter 5 Metrical structure at the level of the half-line and long-line -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index of subjects -- Index of authors -- Index of verses discussed -- Back matter