How to Kill a Dragon Aspects of Indo-European Poetics |
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| Author:
| Watkins, Calvert |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-52715-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1995 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $195.00 |
Book Description:
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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 the antiquity and tenacity of the poetic tradition.
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.