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Poetic style and innovation in old English, old Norse, and old Saxon / Megan E. Hartman.
- Title
- Poetic style and innovation in old English, old Norse, and old Saxon / Megan E. Hartman.
- Publication
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2020]
- ©2020
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- Additional Authors
- Hartman, Megan E.,
- Description
- xi, 213 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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 different practical and rhetorical purposes. This mode of analysis is therefore able to show what degree of control the poets had over the traditional alliterative line, what effects they were able to produce with various stylistic choices, and how attention to poetic style can aid in literary analysis.
- Series Statement
- Richard Rawlinson Center series for Anglo-Saxon studies
- Uniform Title
- Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [199]-209) and index.
- Contents
- Intro -- 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.
- Call Number
- PE257
- ISBN
- 1501518321
- 9781501518324
- LCCN
- 2020946063
- OCLC
- on1089015077
- 1089015077
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries