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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parks, Wards
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Homer.
Homer > Technique.
Technique.
Speech in literature.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Heroes in literature.
Epic poetry, Greek.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Dueling in literature.
Dialogue.
Comparative literature > Greek and English.
Comparative literature > English and Greek.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Rhetorique ancienne.
Rhetorique medievale.
Parole dans la litterature.
Heros dans la litterature.
Duel dans la litterature.
Civilisation anglo-saxonne dans la litterature.
Poesie epique grecque > Histoire et critique.
Poesie epique anglaise (vieil anglais) > Histoire et critique.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 behavioral paradigm in human consciousness, the contest has only recently emerged as a factor in the formation of Western intellectual traditions and modes of discourse. In presenting the verbal duel as a literary expression of the contest, Ward Parks shows how flyting interfaces words and physical ac.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9781400860883

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