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The Composition of Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England)
The Composition of Old English Poetry - Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
Author: Hal Momma
This book offers an imaginative new way of understanding the relationship between syntax and meter in Old English verse. It challenges the view that Old English poetry is composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody, such as meter and alliteration. The author proposes a "prosodical" syntax to replace the syntacti...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521554817
ISBN-10: 0521554810
Publication Date: 3/28/1997
Pages: 219
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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