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An introduction to the study of medieval Latin versification / by Dag Norberg ; translated by Grant C. Roti and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly ; edited and with an introduction by Jan Ziolkowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Norberg, Dag, 1909-1996.
- Standardized Title:
- Introduction à l'étude de la versification latine médiévale. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
- Latin poetry, Medieval and modern.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern--Metrics and rhythmics.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D. C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Dag Norberg's analysis and interpretation of Medieval Latin versification, which was published in French in 1958 and remains the standard work on the subject, appears here for the first time in English with a detailed, scholarly introduction by Jan Ziolkowski that reviews the developments of the past fifty years.
- Contents:
- Prosody and accentuation
- Synaeresis, diaeresis, syncope, prosthesis, elision, and hiatus
- Assonance, rhyme, and alliteration
- Acrostics, carmina figurata, and other poetic devices
- Metrical versification
- The beginning of rhythmic versification
- Rhythmic versification and metrical
- Poetry
- Rhythmic versification and music
- Sequences, tropes, motets, rondeaux.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-198) and indexes.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8132-1634-6
- OCLC:
- 646804531
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