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Book SynopsisOld English Metre offers an essential framework for the critical analysis of metrical structures and interpretations in Old English literature.
Trade Review'Jun Terasawa is to be congratulated on having written an illuminating work, clear, succinct, and rational... I will happily recommend it to my students.' -- Mark Griffith Notes & Queries; vol 59:03:2012 'Terasawa's volume is a boon to students learning about Old English Metre for the first time... The book's subject is vital to anyone who would achieve a sophisticated understanding of the language of Old English poetic texts.' -- Christopher M. Cain Journal of English and Germanic Philology, April 2014
Table of ContentsPreface * Introduction * Alliteration * Rhythm: the Basics * Rhythm: Advanced Topics * Metre and Word * Metre and Grammar * Other Problems Related to Old English Metre Appendices * Suggested Answers to the Exercises * Some Tips for Scanning Half-lines, with Sample Scansions * Glossary of Metrical Terms Bibliography Index of Verses and Lines Discussed General Index
