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- Book Title
- Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon
- ISBN
- 9780521093095
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521093090
ISBN-13
9780521093095
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70953249
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Beowulf and Old Germanic Metre
Publication Year
2009
Subject
Medieval, Old & Middle English, German, Rhetoric, Poetry, Europe / Great Britain / Middle Ages (449-1066), European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Series
Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"...the fact that Russom...has made such significant empirical predictios from the relevant generalization is a striking result of what is a remarkable, erudite, and necessary book." C.B. McCully, Journal of Record for Theoretical Linguistics, "Russom's book is a splendid contribution to our understanding of early Germanic metrical systems and the linguistic rationale for them. That he leaves some questions unanswered, and that he raises a wide range of new ones, is not the least of its virtues." Speculum, "...on special topics. I am convinced that this inspiring new theory will...benefit." Dirk Huth, The Medieval Review
Series Volume Number
Series Number 23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
829.3
Table Of Content
1. Introduction; 2. The foot; 3. The verse; 4. Light feet and extra-metrical words; 5. Metrical archaisms; 6. Alliteration; 7. Metrical subordination within the foot; 8. Resolution; 9. Word order and stress within the clause; 10. Old Saxon alliterative verse; 11. Hildebrandslied; 12. Conclusions.
Synopsis
This 1998 book is a clear and concise account of early Germanic alliterative verse which explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. It should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic 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., This 1998 book is a clear and accessible account of early Germanic alliterative verse which 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 metres. The system of alliterative rules described by Russom derives from ordinary language; the rules change with language over historical time, rather than persisting as arbitrary restrictions. Once the relations between language and metre are identified, it is possible to see how language change yielded the divergent metrical practices which gave each tradition its special character. Russom's results should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic metre.
LC Classification Number
PR1588 .R87 1998
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