The Scansion of Classical Old English Verse offers the first complete metrical analysis of ASPR vols I-IV. This meticulous index and database, with its statistical tables, provides a quantitative foundation for scholarship, enabling precise analysis of poetic metre and style.

The Scansion of Classical Old English Verse is the first published complete metrical analysis of all poems in The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, Volumes I-IV. This detailed index and database offers a strong quantitative foundation for scholarship. It includes statistical tables, allowing scholars and students to conduct precise quantitative and qualitative assessments of metrical types and stylistic features. As a research tool, this volume facilitates statistical exploration of Old English poetic forms. It presents insights into metrical preferences and the verse's intricate artistry. Useful for specialists in Old English language and literature, this work contributes to our comprehension of Old English poetic craft.

Autorentext

Rafael J. Pascual is a specialist in Old and Middle English language and literature. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Granada in 2014, and he currently holds a Ramón y Cajal Fellowship there. He also serves as an Associate Researcher at the Faculty of English, Oxford. His academic career includes lecturing at several Oxford colleges and conducting postdoctoral research at Harvard University.

Klappentext

The Scansion of Classical Old English Verse is the first published complete metrical analysis of all poems in The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records, Volumes I-IV. This detailed index and database offers a strong quantitative foundation for scholarship. It includes statistical tables, allowing scholars and students to conduct precise quantitative and qualitative assessments of metrical types and stylistic features. As a research tool, this volume facilitates statistical exploration of Old English poetic forms. It presents insights into metrical preferences and the verse's intricate artistry. Useful for specialists in Old English language and literature, this work contributes to our comprehension of Old English poetic craft.

Inhalt

Dedication - Acknowledgements - Introduction - Index of Scansion - Statistical Tables - Index of Hypermetric Verses - Index of On-verses with Anacrusis - Index of Off-verses with Anacrusis