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The Composition of Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 20)
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ISBN: 0521030765
Author: Momma, Hal
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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 syntactic laws of Hans Kuhn through its greater accuracy and wider range of application. She formulates three concise rules that apply to the entire Old English poetic corpus.
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The Composition of Old English Poetry (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, Series Number 20)