S. O. Andrew

Postscript on Beowulf

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using Beowulf as a case study, this book was written in response to critical scepticism around Andrews' assumptions regarding Old English verse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781107585683
• ISBN-10: 1107585686
• Artikelnr.: 43600347

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. Sentences introduced by
a,
onne, daer; 3. Sentences introduced by aer, nu, si
an, etc.; 4. Demonstrative and relative pronouns; 5. Co-ordinate clauses; 6. General problems of the sentence; 7. Some parts of speech; 8. The poet and his art; 9. Stress in Old English; 10. Postponed alliteration; 11. Metrical criteria; 12. Scribal error and its sources; Index of lines; Index of subjects.