Author: Allan A. Metcalf
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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Language: en
Pages: 168
Pages: 168
Books about Poetic diction in the Old English meters of Boethius
Language: en
Pages: 245
Pages: 245
The first comprehensive study of the use of compound words in Old English poetry, homilies, and philosophy, Joinings explores the effect of compounds on style, pace, clarity, and genre in Anglo-Saxon vernacular literature. Jonathan Davis-Secord demonstrates how compounds affect the pacing of passages in Beowulf, creating slow-motion narrative at moments
Language: en
Pages: 496
Pages: 496
In A History of Old English Meter, R. D. Fulk offers a wide-ranging reference on Anglo-Saxon meter. Fulk examines the evidence for chronological and regional variation in the meter of Old English verse, studying such linguistic variables as the treatment of West Germanic parasite vowels, contracted vowels, and short syllables
Language: en
Pages: 270
Pages: 270
Originally published in 1992 The Medieval Consolation of Philosophy is an annotated bibliography looking at the scholarship generated by the translations of the works of Boethius. The book looks at translations which were produced in medieval England, France, and Germany and addresses the influence exercised by Boethius, which extended into
Language: en
Pages: 474
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Books about The Poetic Language of the Old English Meters of Boethius
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Pages: 461
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Pages: 197
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This book contains a selection of papers presented at the Third Medieval English Studies Symposium held in Poznań, Poland in November 2004. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the areas of Old and Middle English language and literature: from Old and Middle English semantics and word geography
Language: en
Pages: 317
Pages: 317
Books about An Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old English Language and Literature