Tradition and Innovation in Old English Metre

Preface vii
A Note on the CLASP Project viii
Abbreviations ix
Tables and Figures xi
List of Appendices to Individual Contributions xi
Introduction / RAFAEL J. PASCUAL 1
Chapter 1. Metre as an Editorial Concern in 'The Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records', with Particular Reference to the Old English 'Soul and Body' Poems / R. D. FULK 11
Chapter 2. 'The Dream of the Rood': “not on the whole metrically deficient”? / JANE ROBERTS 19
Chapter 3. On the Metre of 'Exodus' / PETER J. LUCAS 43
Chapter 4. 'The Battle of Maldon' and the Vengeance of Offa / MARK GRIFFITH 79
Chapter 5. Rhyme and Reason in 'The Battle of Maldon' / MARK ATHERTON 103
Chapter 6. Hypermetric Narrative in the Old English 'Daniel' / MEGAN E. HARTMAN 121
Chapter 7. 'Elene' 582–89: Hypermetrics, Revelation, and Judgment / MATTHEW D. COKER 139
Chapter 8. Single Half-Lines and Heavy Hypermetric Verses in 'Maxims I' Reconsidered / KAZUTOMO KARASAWA 155
Chapter 9. Anaphora and Stylistic Flexibility in the Metrical Charms / CAROLINE R. BATTEN 171
Chapter 10. Struggling to Find the Point: The Scratched Metrical Pointing of 'Guthlac A' in the Exeter Book / S. C. THOMSON 189
Chapter 11. Mind the Gap: Inter-Word Spacing and Metrical Organization in Old English Verse / RACHEL A. BURNS 207
Chapter 12. Metre vs Rhythm: John C. Pope Reads Sievers / HARUKO MOMMA 219
Chapter 13. The Mystery of Old English Type A2k / GEOFFREY RUSSOM 233
Appendix 1. Alan Bliss: 1921–1985 / PETER J. LUCAS 249
Appendix 2. Some Corrections to Alan Bliss’s Indices to 'The Metre of Beowulf', Together with His Last Known Views on the Metre of the Poem / MARK GRIFFITH 251
Appendix 3. A Glossary of Metrical Terms / RAFAEL J. PASCUAL 257
Select Bibliography and Further Reading 263
Index 267