| Versatility in Versification: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Metrics Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Other), Dewey, Tonya Kim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433105780 ISBN-13: 9781433105784 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $117.51 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Scandinavian Languages (other) - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | German |
| Dewey: 439.5 |
| LCCN: 2009030902 |
| Series: Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.36 lbs) 297 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Versatility in Versification grew out of an international conference organized by the University of Iceland and the Nordic Society for Metrical Studies and held at Reykholt, Iceland, the thirteenth-century home of Snorri Sturluson. Although medieval Icelandic poetic culture was highlighted at the conference, the range of subjects remained diverse and discussion became dynamic. Similarly, this volume brings together the work of a broad range of scholars who embark on a discourse across disciplines, addressing aspects of poetry and poetics within the Germanic language family in particular. The subjects range from runic metrical inscriptions to literature and poetics of the modern day, the medieval period becoming a nexus of attention through which the various subjects in this historical scope are interwoven and united. Approaches range from theoretical linguistics and generative metrics to cognitive theory and folkloristics. The discourse initiated at the conference has both continued and expanded during this volume's evolution, and it has significantly enriched the development of the individual chapters, which variously treat meters, their relationships to language, and poetics in application. These diverse subjects and approaches form remarkable constellations of complementary relationships and continue to engage in a discourse to the immense benefit of the reader. |