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Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative : The Homeric and Old English Traditions

This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized as an elemental behav...

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Autor principal: Parks, Wards
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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por Parks, Wards
Publicado 2014
Texto completo
Electrónico eBook