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The English Alliterative Tradition (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 Ed.)
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The English Alliterative Tradition (Hardcover, Reprint 2016 Ed.)
Series: The Middle Ages Series
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The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable
contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English
meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new
understanding of Middle English meter itself. Drawing upon recent
insights in linguistics, Cable articulates a theory of rhythm in
English poetry from its beginnings through the Renaissance and
beyond. Cable's discussion moves from the rhythms of Old English
poetry and prose to the poetry of Chaucer, to Shakespeare and
T.S.Eliot. He demonstrates that Middle English poetry does not show
the continuity of tradition that some authorities have asserted.
Throughout the book, the author asks fundamental questions
regarding the intentions of the poet, the impact of the perceived
metrical tradition upon that poet, and, with reference to Peircean
abduction, the possibility of constructing any metrical theory,
especially one from the distant past. The answers and their
implications - metrical, cognitive and philosophical - aim to
provide the foundation for a new understanding of the creation and
evolution of English versification from the 7th century to the
present.
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