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The Composition of Old English Poetry (Hardcover, New)
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The Composition of Old English Poetry (Hardcover, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England
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This book offers an imaginative way of understanding the
relationship between syntax and metre 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 metre and alliteration. It proposes instead that Old English
poetry has incorporated prosody into its system. This 'prosodical'
syntax is intended to replace the famous syntactic laws of Hans
Kuhn through its greater accuracy and wider range of application.
The author formulates three concise rules which apply not only to
Beowulf and other classic Anglo-Saxon poems but to the entire Old
English poetic corpus. Prosodical syntax bears witness to the oral
origin of Old English poetry and sheds light on some aspects of
performance: it enables the poet to produce an infinite variety of
verse while keeping its grammar clear.
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