The Metre of Beowulf: A Constraint-Based Approach

By Michael Getty

This book presents a novel treatment of the metre of Beowulf, an Old English epic poem of uncertain date and origin which is nonetheless considered one of the gems of Germanic Alliterative Verse. Building on recent advances in generative linguistics, the analysis presented in this book offers compelling explanations for a wide range of metrical phenomena that have been observed but only poorly understood for over a century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110171058
• ISBN13: 9783110171051
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary