Meters of Old Norse Eddic Poetry : Common Germanic Inheritance and North Germanic Innovation, The
Eddas Old Norse poetry sähkökirjat LITERARY CRITICISM Literatur in anderen germanischen Sprachen
De Gruyter
2013
EISBN 9783110336771
A formal and functional study of the three meters of Old Norse eddic poetry, fornyrðislag, málaháttr, and ljóðaháttr, this book provides their systematic account (synchronic,diachronic, and from a comparative Germanic perspective). With thorough data presentation, detailed philological analysis, and sophisticated linguistic explanation, it will be of interest to Germanic philologists/linguists, medievalists, and metrists of all persuasions.
