Poetic Style and Innovation in Old English, Old Norse, and Old Saxon
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- ISBN 9781501518324
- Weight: 456g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 Oct 2020
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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 analysis shows 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 aids literary
analysis.
Megan E. Hartman is associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She has published articles on Germanic meter, hypermetrics, and poetic style.
