TY  - GEN
T1  - Beowulf and old Germanic metre
T2  - Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England ;
A1  - Russom, Geoffrey
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge ; New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 1998
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm48138597
AB  - 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.
OP  - 235
CN  - PR1588 .R87 1998eb
SN  - 0511002793
SN  - 9780511002793
SN  - 0521593409
KW  - Beowulf : Versification.
KW  - Beowulf
KW  - English language : Old English, ca. 450-1100 : Versification.
KW  - English language : Old English, ca. 450-1100 : Rhythm.
KW  - Germanic languages : Versification.
KW  - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon.
KW  - Rhetoric, Medieval.
KW  - Alliteration.
KW  - Anglais (Langue) : ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) : Versification.
KW  - Anglais (Langue) : ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) : Rythme.
KW  - Langues germaniques : Versification.
KW  - Civilisation anglo-saxonne.
KW  - Rhétorique médiévale.
KW  - Allitération.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - Alliteration
KW  - Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
KW  - English language : Old English : Rhythm
KW  - English language : Old English : Versification
KW  - Germanic languages : Versification
KW  - Rhetoric, Medieval
KW  - Versification
KW  - Gedichten.
KW  - Beowulf (anoniem)
KW  - Oudgermaans.
KW  - Alliteratie.
KW  - Metriek.
KW  - Electronic books.
ER  -