Editing Alliterative verse (section)

=== Speculative alliterative revival ===
During the latter part of the 20th and early 21st Century, alliterative verse enjoyed a revival in [[speculative fiction]] and associated social spaces, including [[historical reenactment]], [[fan fiction]], and related social movements.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wilson Wise |first=Dennis |date=2021 |title=Antiquarianism Underground: The Twentieth-century Alliterative Revival in American Genre Poetry |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/235/article/801959 |journal=Studies in the Fantastic |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=22–54 |doi=10.1353/sif.2021.0001 |s2cid=238935463 |issn=2470-3486|url-access=subscription }}</ref> This revival was associated with the American [[Fantasy literature|fantasy]] and [[science fiction]] author [[Poul Anderson]], who embedded alliterative verse in many of his science fiction and fantasy novels,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wise |first=Dennis |date=Summer 2021 |title=Poul Anderson and the American Alliterative Revival |url=https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:41549/ |journal=Extrapolation |language=en-US |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=157–180 |doi=10.3828/extr.2021.9 |s2cid=242510584 |issn=2047-7708|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and with younger authors like [[Paul Edwin Zimmer]] who belonged to the same social circles.<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-813810-6.00007-0 |chapter=Optical sensors |title=Sensors for Mechatronics |date=2018 |last1=Regtien |first1=Paul |last2=Dertien |first2=Edwin |pages=183–243 |isbn=978-0-12-813810-6 }}</ref>  Their work largely circulated in [[fanzine]]s and small [[speculative poetry]] journals like [[Star*Line]], though after the foundation of the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]] (SCA) in the 1960s, it found a new home in occasional verse written for SCA events,<ref name="Wilson Wise 2021 22–54"/><ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1017/9781316562925.001 |chapter=General Principles of Poetic Form |title=The Evolution of Verse Structure in Old and Middle English Poetry |date=2017 |pages=1–34 |isbn=978-1-316-56292-5 }}</ref> where fantasy and science fiction authors and fans were likely to rub shoulders with [[Medieval studies|medievalist]] scholars and [[Modern paganism|neopagan]] devotees of the old Germanic gods.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wise |first=Dennis Wilson |title=Speculative Poetry and the Modern Alliterative Revival: A Critical Anthology |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |year=2023 |isbn=978-1683933298}}</ref> Alliterative verse can be found wherever speculative fiction fans gather, including fanfiction sites<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Speculative Fiction Community |url=https://alliteration.net/community/speculative-fiction |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=Forgotten Ground Regained |language=en}}</ref> and even in materials written for [[Role-playing game|roleplaying games]] (RPGs).<ref>{{Citation |title=Write Radio interview with Dan Sumption - 18th February 2022 - Sheffield Live |url=https://soundcloud.com/dansumption/write-radio-interview-with-dan-sumption-18th-february-2022-sheffield-live |access-date=2023-12-01 |language=en}}</ref>