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The Metrical Grammar of Beowulf
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date September 1, 1991
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780521393256
ISBN-10 0521393256
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.35 lbs.
Published in Great Britain
Original list price $159.99
Other format details university press
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: This book argues that the formal art of the Old English epic Beowulf is shaped and determined by the poetic language that the poet inherited from the traditional, oral culture of Anglo-Saxon England. The patterns of meter and alliteration exhibited in the poem were not imposed by the poet on his language, but were part of the language that he spoke, the rules of which constituted his metrical grammar. Professor Kendall investigates the constraints of syntax, meter and alliteration that govern the formal art of Beowulf. He shows how the half-lines of the poem, which are the basic units of composition, are marked by the metrical grammar for placement in the verse clause; he also establishes conditions for the presence or absence of alliteration, which enable him to say whether in any given instance the alliterative device is a mandatory function of the rules of the metrical grammar or an option exercised by the poet.

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from Cambridge Univ Pr (September 1, 1991)
9780521393256 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.75 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $159.99
About: This book argues that the formal art of the Old English epic Beowulf is shaped and determined by the poetic language that the poet inherited from the traditional, oral culture of Anglo-Saxon England.
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from Cambridge Univ Pr (November 23, 2006)
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