Ian Cornelius: 1 book
Reconstructing Alliterative Verse
The Pursuit of a Medieval Meter
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
The poetry we call 'alliterative' is recorded in English from the seventh century until the sixteenth, and includes Caedmon's 'Hymn', Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and Piers Plowman. These are some of the most admired works of medieval English literature, and also among the most enigmatic....
