The Composition of Old English Poetry

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This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English poetry.

Contenu

List of figures; Preface; List of abbreviations; 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; Bibliography; Index.