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04126aam a2200409 i 4500 001 37BACFACEF8B11E79EB7FC5197128E48 003 SILO 005 20180102010224 008 170410t20172017enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2016057389 020 $a 1107148332 020 $a 9781107148338 035 $a (OCoLC)982184683 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR508.V45 $b R87 2017 082 00 $a 821.009 $2 23 084 $a LIT004120 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Russom, Geoffrey, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86033249 245 14 $a The evolution of verse structure in Old and Middle English poetry : $b from the earliest alliterative poems to iambic pentameter / $c Geoffrey Russom. 264 1 $a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xi, 319 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; $v 98 520 $a "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, how they evolve, and why they die. Using a general theory of poetic form employing universal principles rooted in the human language faculty, Russom argues that certain kinds of poetry tend to arise spontaneously in languages with identifiable characteristics. Language changes may require modification of metrical rules and may eventually lead to extinction of a meter. Russom's theory is applied to explain the development of English meters from the earliest alliterative poems in Old and Middle English and the transition to iambic meter in the Modern English period. This thorough yet accessible study provides detailed analyses of form in key poems, including Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and a glossary of technical terms"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "Given the structure of English, a sound echo involving stressed syllables will usually have semantic as well as phonological prominence. Ideally, semantic relations marked by the echo will take on special meaning within a particular work. Shakespeare's rhymes highlight semantic kinships in day / May (times associated with youth), shines / declines (high point and descent), dimmed / untrimmed (loss of beauty), and fade / shade (loss of color). At a more abstract level, these rhymes align life and death with light and darkness. Alliteration has comparable semantic importance in Meredith's poem. In the fourth stanza, for example, the unifying sound echoes occur in fish, fur, fierce, fire, faggots, and froze"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 8 $a Machine generated contents note: 1. General principles of poetic form; 2. Indo-European and Germanic meters; 3. Old English meter in the era of Beowulf; 4. From late Old English meter to Middle English meter; 5. Middle English type A1 and the hypermetrical b-verse; 6. Type A1 in the a-verse; 7. Types B and C; 8. Survival and extinction in types A2, Da, and E; 9. Type Db and the hypermetrical a-verse; 10. The birth of English iambic meter; 11. General summary. 650 0 $a English poetry $y Old English, ca. 450-1100 $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103206 650 0 $a English poetry $y Middle English, 1100-1500 $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103205 650 0 $a English language $x Versification. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043762 650 0 $a Poetics $x History. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109404 650 0 $a English language $x History. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043579 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. $2 bisacsh 830 0 $a Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; $v 98. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86717934 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180102023832.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=37BACFACEF8B11E79EB7FC5197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search