Meter and modernity in English verse, 1350-1650 / Eric Weiskott.

What would English literary history look like if the unit of measure were not the political reign but the poetic tradition? The earliest poems in English were written in alliterative verse, the meter of Beowulf. Alliterative meter preceded tetrameter, which first appeared in the twelfth century, and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weiskott, Eric (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2021]
Subjects:	English language > Versification. English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500 > History and criticism. English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Poetics > History. English literature > Periodization. English poetry > Early modern. English poetry > Middle English. Poetics. 1100-1700 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Physical Description:	xviii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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