LINGUIST List 17.3325

Tue Nov 14 2006

Books: Ling & Literature: McCully, Anderson (Eds)

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Directory         1.    Joyce Reid, English Historical Metrics: McCully, Anderson (Eds)

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Message 1: English Historical Metrics: McCully, Anderson (Eds)
Date: 07-Nov-2006
From: Joyce Reid <jreidcup.org>
Subject: English Historical Metrics: McCully, Anderson (Eds)


Title: English Historical Metrics Published: 2006 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Editor: C. B. McCully Editor: J. J. Anderson Paperback: ISBN: 0521026288 Pages: 269 Price: U.S. $ 37.99
Paperback: ISBN: 0521026288 Pages: 269 Price: U.K. £ 21.99
Abstract:

This volume identifies historical metrics as an important discipline withinEnglish studies and raises significant questions about the composition andtransmission of early English verse. The chronological range of the bookcovers the Old English to the pre-Renaissance periods, while itstheoretical range is multidisciplinary. The keynote introduction by ThomasCable identifies major current issues within the field. The work concludeswith an extensive and up-to-date bibliography which includes linguistics,philological and text-critical work. The distinguished team of contributorsincludes: Russom, McCully, and Obst (focusing on Old English, with aconspectus by Stockwell); Minkova (on the Ormulum and early MiddleEnglish); Borroff, Matonis, and Osberg (Middle English verse); Bunt andDuggan (editing and Middle English metrics); and Duffell and Youmans (theorigin and structure of the Chaucerian long line).

Acknowledgements;1. Introduction C. B. McCully and J. J. Anderson;2. Clashing stress in the meters of Old, Middle, and Renaissance EnglishThomas Cable;3. Purely metrical replacements for Kuhn's laws Geoffrey Russom;4. Domain-end phenomena and metrical templates in Old English verse C. B.McCully;5. Can Old English rhythm be reconstructed Wolfgang Obst;6. On recent theories of metrics and rhythm in Beowulf Robert P. Stockwell;7. Non-primary stress in Middle English accentual-syllabic verse DonkaMinkova;8. Systematic sound-symbolism in the long alliterative line in Beowulf andSir Gawain Marie Borroff;9. Non-aa/ax patterns in Middle English alliterative long-line verse A. T.E. Matonis;10. The prosody of Middle English Pearl and the alliterative lyrictradition Richard H. Osberg;11. Alliterative patterning and the editing of Middle English poetry GerritH. V. Bunt;12. Reconsidering Chaucer's prosody Gilbert Youmans;13. Chaucer Gower and the history of the hendecasyllable Martin J. Duffell;14. Libertine scribes and maidenly editors: meditations on textualcriticism and metrics Hoyt N. Duggan;References;Index.


Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Written In: English (eng )

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