Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Grammar, Spelling, and the Rhythm of the Alliterative Long Line 13
7. The Battle of Maldon and Beowulfian Prosody 23
8. The Poet's Self-Interruption in Andreas 42
9. Alliterative Licence and the Rhetorical Use of Proper Names in The Battle of Maldon 60
10. Simplifying Resolution in Beowulf 80
11. Computer Assistance in the Analysis of Old English Metre: Methods and Results - A Provisional Report 102
12. The Case against a 'General Old English Poetic Dialect' 117
13. The Intonational Basis of La3amon' s Verse 133
14. Constraints on Resolution in Beowulf 147
15. Translation and Transformation in Andreas 164
16. Speech and the Unspoken in Hamoismál 180
17. Heroic Aspects of the Exeter Book Riddles 197
18. Bibliography of C.B. Hieatt 219
19. List of Contributors 225