Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon (Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center)

Hartman, Megan E.

De Gruyter（2020/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781501518324
• DDC分類 429

Full Description

This book traces the development of hypermetric verse in Old English and compares it to the cognate traditions of Old Norse and Old Saxon. The study illustrates the inherent flexibility of the hypermetric line and shows how poets were able to manipulate this flexibility in different contexts for different practical and rhetorical purposes. This mode of analysis is therefore able to show what degree of control the poets had over the traditional alliterative line, what effects they were able to produce with various stylistic choices, and how attention to poetic style can aid in literary analysis.

Contents

Introduction
1. Conservative Old English Hypermetrics: A Basis for Analysis
2. Old English Wisdom Poetry: The Influence of Formulaic Diction
3. Old Norse Ljoðaháttr and Málaháttr: Dividing Hypermetrics
4. The Old Saxon Heliand: Working through Ambiguity
5. Late Old English Hypermetrics: Linguistic Change and Stylistic Adaptation in the Old English Judith
Conclusion
Works Cited