The a-verse of the alliterative long line and the metre of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
The purpose of this study is to conduct a close and careful study of the metre of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and thereby to describe the metrical principles that underlie the structure of the unrhymed long line, especially, that of the a-verse, and to demonstrate the stylistic possibilities th...
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University of Bristol
2002
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251101 |