The Resource Beowulf and old Germanic metre, Geoffrey Russom
Beowulf and old Germanic metre, Geoffrey Russom
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages)
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Metrical archaisms
- 6.
- Alliteration
- 7.
- Metrical subordination within the foot
- 8.
- Resolution
- 9.
- Word order and stress within the clause
- 1.
- 10.
- Old Saxon alliterative verse
- 11.
- Hildebrandslied
- 12.
- Conclusions
- Verses specially discussed
- Introduction
- 2.
- The foot
- 3.
- The verse
- 4.
- Light feet and extrametrical words
- Isbn
- 9780511002793
- Label
- Beowulf and old Germanic metre
- Title
- Beowulf and old Germanic metre
- Statement of responsibility
- Geoffrey Russom
- Subject
-
- Alliteratie
- Alliteration
- Alliteration
- Beowulf
- Beowulf (anoniem)
- Beowulf -- Versification
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- Electronic books
- English language -- Old English | Rhythm
- English language -- Old English | Versification
- English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Rhythm
- English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Versification
- Gedichten
- Germanic languages -- Versification
- Germanic languages -- Versification
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Metriek
- Oudgermaans
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Versification
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Russom, Geoffrey
- Dewey number
- 829/.3
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR1588
- LC item number
- .R87 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in Anglo-Saxon England
- Series volume
- 23
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- English language
- English language
- Germanic languages
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Alliteration
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- Alliteration
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- English language
- English language
- Germanic languages
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Versification
- Gedichten
- Beowulf (anoniem)
- Oudgermaans
- Alliteratie
- Metriek
- Label
- Beowulf and old Germanic metre, Geoffrey Russom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Metrical archaisms
- 6.
- Alliteration
- 7.
- Metrical subordination within the foot
- 8.
- Resolution
- 9.
- Word order and stress within the clause
- 1.
- 10.
- Old Saxon alliterative verse
- 11.
- Hildebrandslied
- 12.
- Conclusions
- Verses specially discussed
- Introduction
- 2.
- The foot
- 3.
- The verse
- 4.
- Light feet and extrametrical words
- Control code
- 48138597
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511002793
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)48138597
- Label
- Beowulf and old Germanic metre, Geoffrey Russom
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-224) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Metrical archaisms
- 6.
- Alliteration
- 7.
- Metrical subordination within the foot
- 8.
- Resolution
- 9.
- Word order and stress within the clause
- 1.
- 10.
- Old Saxon alliterative verse
- 11.
- Hildebrandslied
- 12.
- Conclusions
- Verses specially discussed
- Introduction
- 2.
- The foot
- 3.
- The verse
- 4.
- Light feet and extrametrical words
- Control code
- 48138597
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 235 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511002793
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)48138597
Subject
- Alliteratie
- Alliteration
- Alliteration
- Beowulf
- Beowulf (anoniem)
- Beowulf -- Versification
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon
- Electronic books
- English language -- Old English | Rhythm
- English language -- Old English | Versification
- English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Rhythm
- English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Versification
- Gedichten
- Germanic languages -- Versification
- Germanic languages -- Versification
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- European | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Metriek
- Oudgermaans
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Rhetoric, Medieval
- Versification
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