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Rhyme in dróttkvætt, from Old Germanic Inheritance to Contemporary Poetic Ecology III: The Old Norse Poetic Ecology

Studia Metrica et Poetica
This paper is the third in a three-part series that develops a model for the background of rhyme in Old Norse dróttkvætt poetry as a formalization of the same form of rhyme found across Old Germanic poetries.
Frog
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Tolkien’s Poetry (2013), edited by Julian Eilmann and Allan Turner [PDF]

, 2015
Tolkien’s Poetry (2013), edited by Julian Eilmann and Allan Turner.
Higgins, Andrew
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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A Study of the Alfredian verse prefaces and epilogues

Filologia Germanica
This study takes into account the verse prefaces and epilogues associated with the translations of the Alfredian age, approaching them from a metrical standpoint.
CLAUDIO CATALDI
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Stereotypical constructions of the Middle English alliterative poetry in their functional aspect [PDF]

Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016), 2017
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope

Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 3-47, February 2026.
The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
wiley   +1 more source

Tuwim and Witkacy: Visual Translation of 'Kalinowe dwory' [PDF]

, 2016
The article offers a comparative analysis of a lost painting by Witkacy (know only from a photographic reproduction) and a poem by Julian Tuwim. Tuwim’s poem inspired Witkacy to create his work.
Polit, Paweł
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The Integration of Norse‐Derived Terms in English: Effects of Formal Similarity1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 556-591, November 2025.
Abstract Language change arising from language contact is a complex phenomenon. Peter Matthews encouraged researchers to consider it as firmly grounded in the behaviour of individual speakers. We apply this perspective to investigate the integration of Norse‐derived terms into medieval English, testing for the effect of their phonetic similarity to ...
Sara M. Pons‐Sanz, Seán G. Roberts
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Everyday governance on the Somalia‐Kenya border: Flourishing without state support

Development Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 6, November 2025.
Abstract Motivation How do people living in an insecure borderland beset by civil war and insurgency solve social problems and improve life when they are targeted by counterinsurgency forces, taxed by insurgents, and their villages are too insecure to get state or NGO services?
Patta Scott‐Villiers
wiley   +1 more source

The verse forms of the Old English “metrical” charms

Filologia Germanica
This essay takes into account the metre of the so-called metrical charms, arguing that these charms are characterised by a number of prosodic elements such as free alliterative verses, recurring repetition and some occasional rhyme.
Claudio Cataldi
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