This is a clear and accessible account of early Germanic alliterative verse that explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. There are differences of poetic style between Beowulf and the otherwise similar verse of ancient Scandinavia and continental Europe. Such distinctions have intrigued scholars for over a century, but Russom is the first to provide a systematic explanation of Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German alliterative meters. Russom's results should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic meter.
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Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
This is a clear and accessible account of early Germanic alliterative verse that explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. There are differences of poetic style between Beowulf and the otherwise similar verse of ancient Scandinavia and continental Europe. Such distinctions have intrigued scholars for over a century, but Russom is the first to provide a systematic explanation of Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Old High German alliterative meters. Russom's results should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic meter.
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Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
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Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780521093095 |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 01/08/2009 |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England , #23 |
| Pages: | 248 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d) |
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