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The English Alliterative Tradition Cable Reprint 2016 edition
The English Alliterative Tradition
Cable
Drawing on recent insights in linguistics, this study formulates a theory of rhythm in English poetry. The author maintains that the meter of Middle English alliterative poetry holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter.
192 pages, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Book |
| Released | July 29, 1991 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812230635 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 467 g |