TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENT 7
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
4. I. INTRODUCTION 11
5. II. INTROVERSION AND EXTRA VERSION 29
6. III. STYLE: WORDS AND THE SENSES 52
7. IV. STYLE: ALLITERATION 89
8. V. SYNTAX: MERITS AND MONOTONY 110
9. VI. CONCLUSION 154
10. APPENDIX A: ASSONANCE AND CONSONANCE 157
11. APPENDIX Β: CONSECUTIVE ALLITERATION 161
12. APPENDIX C: ALLITERATIVE USAGES BY MARGERY KEMPE AND JULIAN OF NORWICH 167
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 213
14. INDEX 217