Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre

Klappentext
This 1998 book is a clear account of early Germanic alliterative verse and how it was treated by the Beowulf poet.

Zusammenfassung
This 1998 book is a clear and concise account of early Germanic alliterative verse which explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. It should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic metre.

Inhalt
1. Introduction; 2. The foot; 3. The verse; 4. Light feet and extra-metrical words; 5. Metrical archaisms; 6. Alliteration; 7. Metrical subordination within the foot; 8. Resolution; 9. Word order and stress within the clause; 10. Old Saxon alliterative verse; 11. Hildebrandslied; 12. Conclusions.

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