Beowulf and old germanic metre
Auteur :
Russom, Geoffrey
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521093095
Date de publication :
8 janv. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
370 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This 1998 book is a clear and concise account of early Germanic alliterative verse which explains how such verse was treated by the Beowulf poet. It should interest scholars of Old English and related Germanic languages, as well as linguists and those concerned with poetic metre.