The Metrical Organization of Beowulf: Prototype and Isomorphism

Seiichi Suzuki

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 1996

The Metrical Organization of Beowulf

Prototype and Isomorphism

Seiichi Suzuki

Volume 95 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110810493

Contents

I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	I
Preface Seiichi Suzuki Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIII
List of tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIX
Abbreviations and symbols Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XXIII
Chapter 1 Theoretical background Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Metrical types and metrical schemes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 3 The heavy drop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter 4 The normal drop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
Chapter 5 Resolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 6 Alliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Chapter 7 Anacrusis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315
Chapter 8 The asymmetry between the a-verse and the b-verse, and the organization of the line Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Chapter 9 The hypermetric verse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	355
Chapter 10 Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	393
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	453
Index of authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	475
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	481
Index of verses cited for discussion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489
Index of verses classified according to metrical type Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	497

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: Reprint 2011
Pages
- Front matter: 24
- Main content: 537
Illustrations
- Tables: 54
Keywords: Beowulf; Metrik

eBook

Published: July 11, 2011
ISBN: 9783110810493

Hardcover

Published: September 20, 1996
ISBN: 9783110151343