The English alliterative tradition:
The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new understanding of Middle English meter itself. Drawing upon recent insights in linguistics, Cable articulates a rev...
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Zusammenfassung: | The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new understanding of Middle English meter itself. Drawing upon recent insights in linguistics, Cable articulates a revolutionary theory of rhythm in English poetry from its beginnings through the Renaissance and beyond. Cable's discussion moves from the rhythms of Old English poetry and prose to the poetry of Chaucer and the Alliterative Revival, to Shakespeare and T. S. Eliot. He demonstrates that Middle English poetry does not show the continuity of tradition that standard authorities have asserted. With the Norman Conquest of 1066 came a clear break, and what followed was a drastic misreading by the poets of what had come before. Throughout the book, Cable constantly asks fundamental questions regarding the intentions of the poet, the impact of the perceived metrical tradition upon that poet, and, with reference to Peircean abduction, the possibility of constructing any metrical theory, especially one from the distant past. The answers and their implications - metrical, cognitive, and philosophical - provide the foundation for a new understanding of the creation and evolution of English versification from the seventh century to the present. The English Alliterative Tradition is a major and controversial study in medieval English poetics that illustrates and clarifies key ideas of the New Philology. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Old and Middle English, prosody, and historical linguistics. |
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adam_text | The English
Alliterative Tradition
Thomas-Cable
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Philadelphia
Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Old English Meter 6
1 1 Misreadings of Old English Meter 6
1 2 Syllable Count 9
1 3 Tendency Statements as Constraints on Dips 13
1 4 Resolution, Kuhn s Laws, and the Antepenultimate
Syllable 16
1 5 Alternating Rhythm and Clashing Stress 26
1 6 Old English: Stress-Timed or Syllable-Timed? 30
1 7 The Derivativeness of Sievers Five Types 37
2 Old English Rhythmical Prose and Early
Middle English Meter 41
2 1 Disjunctions and Continuities in Metrical Style 41
2 2 /Elfric s Rhythmical Prose 42
2 3 The End of the Classical Meter: The Death of Edward
(1066) and Durham (c 1100) 52
2 4 The Grave (c 1150) 56
2 5 The Worcester Fragments (c 1170) 57
2 6 Lawman s Brut (c 1200) 58
2 7 The Katherine Group (c 1200) 63
3 Fourteenth-Century Meter: Final -e 66
3 1 Surprising Facts 66
3 2 Old Norse Loans 69
3 3 Old French Loans 71
3 4 Native Words 72
3 5 Double Feminine Endings 74
3 6 Phonological Rules 76
viii Contents
3 7 The Structure of the Evidence and the Argument 81
3 8 Systematic Final -e 83
4 Fourteenth-Century Meter: The Abstract Pattern 85
4 1 The Count of Stresses and the Regulation of Dips 85
4 2 Oakden s Evidence 87
4 3 Distributional Evidence from Cleanness 89
44A Theory of Middle English Alliterative Meter 91
4 5 The Structure of the Evidence and the Argument 94
4 6 Generalizations and Exceptions 99
4 7 Abduction 103
5 The Modes of English Meter 114
51 The Central Rift in English Prosody 114
5 2 Modern Manifestations of Strong Stress 115
5 3 The Decasyllabic Meter of Chaucer and Gascoigne 117
5 4 The Iambic Pentameter of Modern English 122
5 5 The Five Elements and Four Compound Modes of
English Meter 128
5 6 Strong-Stress Meter Again 129
6 Theoretical Implications 132
6 1 The English Alliterative Tradition 132
6 2 Meter in Modern Theory and in the Poet s Mind 133
6 3 Meter, Performance, and Pause in
Iambic Pentameter 134
6 4 Pause and Ictus in Old English Meter 137
6 5 The Modes of English Meter in Their
Temporal Setting 151
6 6 Multiple Mental Texts 152
Appendix 155
Notes 163
Bibliography 177
Index 185
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spelling | Cable, Thomas Verfasser aut The English alliterative tradition Thomas Cable Philadelphia Univ. of Pennsylvania Press 1991 X, 191 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Middle Ages series The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new understanding of Middle English meter itself. Drawing upon recent insights in linguistics, Cable articulates a revolutionary theory of rhythm in English poetry from its beginnings through the Renaissance and beyond. Cable's discussion moves from the rhythms of Old English poetry and prose to the poetry of Chaucer and the Alliterative Revival, to Shakespeare and T. S. Eliot. He demonstrates that Middle English poetry does not show the continuity of tradition that standard authorities have asserted. With the Norman Conquest of 1066 came a clear break, and what followed was a drastic misreading by the poets of what had come before. Throughout the book, Cable constantly asks fundamental questions regarding the intentions of the poet, the impact of the perceived metrical tradition upon that poet, and, with reference to Peircean abduction, the possibility of constructing any metrical theory, especially one from the distant past. The answers and their implications - metrical, cognitive, and philosophical - provide the foundation for a new understanding of the creation and evolution of English versification from the seventh century to the present. The English Alliterative Tradition is a major and controversial study in medieval English poetics that illustrates and clarifies key ideas of the New Philology. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Old and Middle English, prosody, and historical linguistics. Alliteratie gtt Allitération dans la littérature Gedichten gtt Middelengels gtt Poésie anglaise - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) - Histoire et critique Englisch Lyrik Alliteration English language Middle English, 1100-1500 Versification English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism Rhetoric, Medieval Versdichtung (DE-588)4318806-0 gnd rswk-swf Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd rswk-swf Stabreimvers (DE-588)4182708-9 gnd rswk-swf Mittelenglisch (DE-588)4039676-9 gnd rswk-swf Altenglisch (DE-588)4112501-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd rswk-swf Alliteration (DE-588)4120868-7 gnd rswk-swf Stabreim (DE-588)4077792-3 gnd rswk-swf Mittelenglisch (DE-588)4039676-9 s Versdichtung (DE-588)4318806-0 s Stabreim (DE-588)4077792-3 s DE-604 Altenglisch (DE-588)4112501-0 s Stabreimvers (DE-588)4182708-9 s Alliteration (DE-588)4120868-7 s Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 s Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 s HEBIS Datenaustausch application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=002905147&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
spellingShingle | Cable, Thomas The English alliterative tradition Alliteratie gtt Allitération dans la littérature Gedichten gtt Middelengels gtt Poésie anglaise - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) - Histoire et critique Englisch Lyrik Alliteration English language Middle English, 1100-1500 Versification English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism Rhetoric, Medieval Versdichtung (DE-588)4318806-0 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Stabreimvers (DE-588)4182708-9 gnd Mittelenglisch (DE-588)4039676-9 gnd Altenglisch (DE-588)4112501-0 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Alliteration (DE-588)4120868-7 gnd Stabreim (DE-588)4077792-3 gnd |
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title | The English alliterative tradition |
title_auth | The English alliterative tradition |
title_exact_search | The English alliterative tradition |
title_full | The English alliterative tradition Thomas Cable |
title_fullStr | The English alliterative tradition Thomas Cable |
title_full_unstemmed | The English alliterative tradition Thomas Cable |
title_short | The English alliterative tradition |
title_sort | the english alliterative tradition |
topic | Alliteratie gtt Allitération dans la littérature Gedichten gtt Middelengels gtt Poésie anglaise - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) - Histoire et critique Englisch Lyrik Alliteration English language Middle English, 1100-1500 Versification English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism Rhetoric, Medieval Versdichtung (DE-588)4318806-0 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Stabreimvers (DE-588)4182708-9 gnd Mittelenglisch (DE-588)4039676-9 gnd Altenglisch (DE-588)4112501-0 gnd Geschichte (DE-588)4020517-4 gnd Alliteration (DE-588)4120868-7 gnd Stabreim (DE-588)4077792-3 gnd |
topic_facet | Alliteratie Allitération dans la littérature Gedichten Middelengels Poésie anglaise - 1100-1500 (Moyen anglais) - Histoire et critique Englisch Lyrik Alliteration English language Middle English, 1100-1500 Versification English poetry Middle English, 1100-1500 History and criticism Rhetoric, Medieval Versdichtung Stabreimvers Mittelenglisch Altenglisch Geschichte Stabreim |
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