 | The English Alliterative Tradition The meter of Middle English alliterative poetry, Thomas Cable contends, holds the key to a reinterpretation of both Old English meter and iambic pentameter, which in turn provides a new understanding of Middle English meter itself. Cable Thomas : Thomas Cable is Professor Emeritus in English at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of The Meter and Melody of Beowulf and, with Albert C. Baugh, the third edition of A History of the English Language. |
