Reconstructing Alliterative Verse: The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter

ISBN-13: 9781107154100 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 234 str.

Cornelius, Ian (Loyola University, Chicago)

Opis

This book explores the history and development of English alliterative meter, and considers why the form has remained so enigmatic.

Recenzje

'Reconstructing Alliterative Verse: The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter advances our understanding ... as well as advanced students will find his discussion helpful. Academic libraries supporting English and Germanic studies programs should obtain a copy.' William F. Hodapp, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART)

Spis treści

Introduction: what was alliterative poetry?; 1. An unwritten medieval treatise; 2. The accentual paradigm in early English metrics; 3. The origins of the alliterative revival; 4. The fourteenth-century meter; 5. The end of alliterative verse; Epilogue: Edmund Spenser's poetry lesson.