The Composition of Old English Poetry

Hal (New York University) Momma

Cambridge University Press, 1997

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This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the relationship between syntax and metre in Old English poetry. It challenges the view that verse was composed in loose syntax to compensate for the strict requirements of prosody. The author proposes a 'prosodical' syntax to replace the famous syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn.

ISBN-13
9780521554817
ISBN-10
0521554810
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1997
Publication date
1997-03-28
Pages
220
Dimensions
229x152x16
Weight
435