A New Theory of Old English Meter

by David L. Hoover

A New Theory of Old English Meter sets out a simple new theory of Old English meter that is based on a bare minimum of initial assumptions and metrical principles, and supported by rigorous arguments and by evidence from a computer-assisted analysis of Beowulf and The Battle of Maldon. The new theory is revolutionary in concluding that alliteration rather than stress is the most important feature of the meter, and in rejecting the traditional assumptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820401374
• ISBN13: 9780820401379
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 191 Pages