The Metre of Old Saxon Poetry: The Remaking of Alliterative Tradition (Medieval Literature)

CONTENTS
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TABLES
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PREFACE
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SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS
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1.1. The literary basis: the Heliand......Page 22
1.2. The metrical basis: the Old English alliterative tradition......Page 28
1.3. The phonological basis: a weakening of stress......Page 32
1.3.1. Restoration of syncopated vowels......Page 33
1.3.2. Svarabhakti vowels......Page 34
1.3.3. West Germanic Gemination......Page 43
1.4. The practical basis for scanning Old Saxon verse: notations,
foreign names, and the quað hephrase......Page 44
2.1.1. The configuration PS#Px......Page 50
2.1.2. The configurations PSx#Px and PS#xPx......Page 51
2.1.3. The configurations PXx#Px, Pxx#Px, PX#xPx, and Px#xPx......Page 54
2.1.4. The configuration Pxx#Px......Page 57
2.1.5. The configurations Px#Px, PX#Px, P#xPx, and P#xx . . . Px......Page 61
2.1.7.1. A synchronic perspective......Page 67
2.1.7.2. A diachronic perspective......Page 74
2.1.8. The configuration PS#px......Page 82
2.2.1. The configurations Px . . . PS, Px . . . P#x, and Px . . . PX......Page 87
2.2.2. The configuration Px . . . Pxx......Page 94
2.3. Type A3 (X X/ X)......Page 97
2.4.1. The first drop of type B1......Page 101
2.4.2.1. The range of variation on the number of syllables......Page 108
2.4.2.2. The configurations x . . . PS#P and x . . . PS#px......Page 110
2.4.2.3. The configurations x . . . Px#xP, x . . . Pxx#xP, x . . . PS#xP,x . . . Psx#(x)P, x . . . PSx#(x)P, and x . . . PXx#(x)P......Page 115
2.4.2.4. The configurations x . . . P#x#P, x . . . P#xx#P, x . . . P#x#x#P,x . . . P#x#xP, and x . . . Px#xx#P......Page 126
2.5. Type B3 (X X X /)......Page 132
2.6.1. The variation on the first drop of type C......Page 134
2.6.2. The variation on the second lift of type C......Page 138
2.6.3. The variation on the second drop of type C......Page 144
2.7. Type D (/ / X X)......Page 146
2.8. Type D* (/ X / X X)......Page 157
2.9. Type E (/ \ X /)......Page 166
2.10. Type E* (/ X \ X /)......Page 177
2.11. Anacrusis......Page 181
2.11.1. Anacrusis as a full metrical position: a synchronic account......Page 182
2.11.2. Anacrusis reconfigured: a diachronic account......Page 193
2.12.1. The system of metrical types......Page 196
2.12.2. The blurred distinction between normal and heavy drops......Page 202
2.12.3.1. Quantitative and qualitative distinctions......Page 203
2.12.3.2. Correlation with verse distribution......Page 205
2.12.4. On the treatment of the disyllabic ending -xx#......Page 208
2.12.5. On the treatment of quasi compounds......Page 211
3.1.1.1. The second lift of subtype A1s (PS#px)......Page 215
3.1.1.2. The second lift of type C (x . . . P#px; x . . . Psx)......Page 218
3.1.1.3. The second lift of subtype D1 (Psxx)......Page 220
3.1.1.4. The first drop of subtype D2a (P#P#px; P#Psx)......Page 221
3.1.1.5. The first drop of type E (PsxP)......Page 222
3.1.1.6. Implementation versus suspension of resolution:
a synchronic and diachronic account......Page 224
3.1.2. Loss of Kaluza’s Law and its consequences:
a further dimension on resolution......Page 232
3.1.3. Apparent conflict between implementation and suspension of resolution:
on the scansion of the configurations Px . . . Psx and Px . . . P#px......Page 238
3.1.4. Resolution and variants of metrical types......Page 244
3.2.1.1. Introductory remarks......Page 256
3.2.1.2. Metrical types and alliteration......Page 258
3.2.1.3. Anacrusis and alliteration......Page 260
3.2.1.4. Resolution and alliteration......Page 264
3.2.2. The lexical and syntactic basis of alliteration......Page 276
3.2.3. The phonological basis of alliteration......Page 308
4.1. The composition of hypermetric verses: a synchronic perspective......Page 316
4.2. Diversification and restructuring of hypermetric verses:
a diachronic perspective......Page 344

5. The remaking of alliterative tradition: gradation and harmonisation......Page 351
Appendix 1. Foreign names......Page 366
Appendix 2. The metre of theOld Saxon Genesis......Page 374
References......Page 387
Index to the scansion of the Heliand......Page 391
Index to the scansion of the Old Saxon Genesis......Page 499
Index of authors......Page 506
Index of subjects......Page 508