A History of Old English Meter

by Robert D. Fulk

Book Overview

In A History of Old English Meter, R. D. Fulk offers a wide-ranging reference on Anglo-Saxon meter. Fulk examines the evidence for chronological and regional variation in the meter of Old English verse, studying such linguistic variables as the treatment of West Germanic parasite vowels, contracted vowels, and short syllables under secondary and tertiary stress, as well as a variety of supposed dialect features. Fulk's study of such variables...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812231570
• ISBN13: 9780812231571
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"