Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon / / Megan E. Hartman.

This book traces the development of hypermetric verse in Old English and compares it to the cognate traditions of Old Norse and Old Saxon. The study illustrates the inherent flexibility of the hypermetric line and shows how poets were able to manipulate this flexibility in different contexts for dif...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 213 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgement
  • Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Conservative Old English Hypermetrics: A Basis for Analysis
  • Chapter 2: Old English Wisdom Poetry: The Influence of Formulaic Diction
  • Chapter 3: Old Norse Ljóðaháttr and Málaháttr: Dividing Hypermetrics
  • Chapter 4: The Old Saxon Heliand: Working through Ambiguity
  • Chapter 5: Late Old English Hypermetrics: Linguistic Change and Stylistic Adaptation in the Old English Judith
  • Conclusion
  • Works Cited
  • Index