How to kill a dragon : aspects of Indo-European poetics /

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Watkins demonstrates the continuity of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. Using the comparative method, he shows how traditional poetry formulae of considerable complexity can be reconstructed as far back as the original common languages, thus revealing th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Watkins, Calvert (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
Indo-European philology.
Poetics.
Comparative linguistics.
Philologie indo-européenne.
Poétique.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Comparative linguistics
Indo-European philology
Poetics
Indo-europese talen.
Dichtkunst.
Poetry
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Watkins demonstrates the continuity of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. Using the comparative method, he shows how traditional poetry formulae of considerable complexity can be reconstructed as far back as the original common languages, thus revealing the antiquity and tenacity of the poetic tradition.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 613 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 550-576) and indexes.
ISBN:1429406488
9781429406482
1280527153
9781280527159

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