A Comparative Study of Old English Metre / / Frank Whitman.
Ancient Germanic, Celtic, and Italic verse seem to be related. Frank Whitman points out that not only is the language within these traditions stressed and very different from other ancient Indo-European languages, but also the metrical principles underlying the verse of these three stressed language...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1993 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (170 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The Earliest Accentual Verse
- 2. German Accentual Verse
- 3. Old English: Stressed or Unstressed Initials?
- 4. Light Lines
- 5. Clashing Stress
- 6. Towards a New Paradigm
- Appendix: Sample Scansions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index