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The book contains comparative analyses of the development of
litanic verse in European poetry, from medieval to modern times.
Litanic verse is based on different syntactic devices, such as
enumeration, parallelism, anaphora and epiphora. However, it is not
to be seen merely as a convention of versification as the
popularity of different variants of the verse in Europe reflects
the religious, intellectual, social and political history of
various European regions. The essays in the second volume focus on
litanic verse in the Germanic languages. They discuss predominantly
the literatures of Protestant countries (Great Britain, Denmark,
Germany, Norway), but also Austrian poetry.
Despite the numerous famous examples of "les litanies" in French
poetry, the manner in which the structures of this form of worship
affect the versification strategies of poems has not previously
been discussed thoroughly. Litanic verse, whose origins are as
ancient as those of the litany genre, is recognized in works whose
poetic diction, in whole or in part, includes the distinctive
features of the litany, such as enumeration, parallelism, anaphora,
and epiphora. The third volume describes the development of litanic
verse from troubadour poetry and Old French religious verse up to
World War II. This rich and multifaceted material is presented in
chronological order and in the context of different literary
genres.
The book contains comparative analyses of the development of
litanic verse in European poetry, from medieval to modern times.
Litanic verse is based on different syntactic devices, such as
enumeration, parallelism, anaphora and epiphora. However, it is not
to be seen merely as a convention of versification as the
popularity of different variants of the verse in Europe reflects
the religious, intellectual, social and political history of
various European regions. The essays in the first volume focus on
the origins of the Litany (the Near East, Greece, Byzantium, Rome),
as well as the emergence of litanic verse in the Iberian languages
(Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese) and Slavic and Central
European literatures (Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian,
Polish, Serbian, Russian).
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