Norberg, Dag Ludvig, 1909-1996.

An introduction to the study of medieval Latin versificationby Dag Norberg ; translated by Grant C. Roti and Jacqueline de La Chapelle Skubly ; edited and with an introduction by Jan Ziolkowski. - Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, (c)2004. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 217 pages) : illustrations.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Prosody and accentuation -- Synaeresis, diaeresis, syncope, prosthesis, elision, and hiatus -- Assonance, rhyme, and alliteration -- Acrostics, carmina figurata, and other poetic devices -- Metrical versification -- The beginning of rhythmic versification -- Rhythmic versification and metrical -- Poetry -- Rhythmic versification and music -- Sequences, tropes, motets, rondeaux.



9780813216348


Latin poetry, Medieval and modern--History and criticism.
Latin language, Medieval and modern--Metrics and rhythmics.


Electronic Books.

PA8051 / .I587 2004