Reconstructing alliterative verse: the pursuit of a medieval meter
Auteur :
Cornelius, Ian
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107154100
Date de publication :
20 juil. 2017
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
480 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Recent studies of Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Piers Plowman point towards a new understanding of English literary history in the Middle Ages. This book explains why alliterative meter has resisted modern efforts at comprehension, how it differed from accentual-syllabic forms, and why it died out.