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How to Kill a Dragon : Aspects of Indo-European Poetics.
A demonstration of the continuity of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. Using the comparative method, the traditional poetic formulae can be reconstructed back to the original common languages, thus revealing the tenacity of the poetic tradition.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A demonstration of the continuity of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. Using the comparative method, the traditional poetic formulae can be reconstructed back to the original common languages, thus revealing the tenacity of the poetic tradition. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (630 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 550-576) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198024712 0198024711 1280527153 9781280527159 1429406488 9781429406482 |