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2024.09.28 Illuminating the Metrical Grammar of Germanic Alliterative Poetry — a Thesis Theater by Peter DeVault
AbstractModern metrical analysis of germanic alliterative poetry (GAP) has invariably proceeded fromedited texts in which the poem is represented visually as verses on a printed page or screen. Ofcourse, that is not how these poems came down to us. The manuscript form of a GA poem istypically indistinguishable from prose, the words (and abbreviations) inscribed…
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24.09.14 The Point of Intersection: A Thesis Theatre by Julia Stowe
The Point of Intersection: Time and Eternity in 8th-10th Century West Germanic Language and Literature Abstract: The concepts of time and eternity, and the words that are used to express them, have significant influence over a culture. This thesis examines how the understanding of these concepts changed in early Germanic culture with the introduction of…