An Introduction to the Study of Medieval Latin Versification

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CUA Press, 2004 - Foreign Language Study - 217 pages
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

1 Prosody and Accentuation
1
2 Synaeresis Diaeresis Syncope Prosthesis Elision and Hiatus
23
3 Assonance Rhyme and Alliteration
31
4 Acrostics Carmina Figurata and Other Poetic Devices
48
5 Metrical Versification
58
Rhythmic Versification and Metrical Poetry
81
7 Rhythmic Versification and Music
130
8 Sequences Tropes Motets Rondeaux
156

9 Conclusion
180

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