The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry: From the Earliest Alliterative Poems to Iambic Pentameter

by Geoffrey Russom

In this fascinating study, Geoffrey Russom traces the evolution of the major English poetic traditions by reference to the evolution of the English language, and considers how verse forms are born,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107148332
• ISBN13: 9781107148338
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"