Poetic style and innovation in old English, old Norse, and old Saxon /
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 dif...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
[2020]
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| Series: | Richard Rawlinson Center Series for Anglo-Saxon Studies
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