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The Composition of Old English Poetry - Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
Momma, Hal (New York University)
The Composition of Old English Poetry - Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
Momma, Hal (New York University)
This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English poetry. It challenges the view that verse was composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody. The author proposes a 'prosodical' syntax to replace the famous syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn.
219 pages
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 28, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780521554817 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 220 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 16 mm · 435 g |
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