Early English Poetic Culture and Meter : The Influence of G. R. Russom

This volume develops Geoffrey Richard Russom's contributions to early English meter and style, including his fundamental reworkings and rethinkings of accepted and oft-repeated mantras, including his word-foot theory, concern for the late medieval context for alliterative meter, and the linguistics of punctuation and translation as applied to Old English texts. Ten eminent scholars from across the field take up Russom's ideas to lead readers in new and exciting directions. Foreword / Thomas Cable ix Introduction / Lindy Brady and M. J. Toswell 1 "Secg betsta and ðegn betstan": A Reconsideration of the Short Verses in "Beowulf" / Jun Terasawa 9 Particle Verses in Old English and Eddic Poetry / R. D. Fulk 21 Old English Verse Punctuation and Linguistic Theory / Daniel Donoghue 39 Boars and the Geats in "Beowulf" / Lindy Brady 61 New Applications for Word-Foot Theory / Megan E. Hartman 73 The Old English Metrical Psalms: Practice and Theory of Translation / Haruko Momma 93 Polyptoton in Old English Texts / M. J. Toswell 111 "Confessio et Oratio": An Unrecognized Old English Confessional Poem / Thomas A. Bredehoft 131 Alliterative Meter after 1450: "The Vision of William Banastre" / Eric Weiskott 149 Publications of Geoffrey Richard Russom 181 "This volume develops Geoffrey Richard Russom's contributions to early English metre and style, including his fundamental reworkings and rethinkings of accepted and oft-repeated mantras."-- Provided by publisher New approaches on early English poetic culture from the perspective of meter and poetic style.