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Autore |
Watkins Calvert |
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Titolo |
How to kill a dragon : aspects of Indo-European poetics / / Calvert Watkins |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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ISBN |
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9780197704714 |
0197704719 |
9781280527159 |
1280527153 |
9780198024712 |
0198024711 |
9781429406482 |
1429406488 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (630 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indo-European philology |
Poetics |
Comparative linguistics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1995. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; ASPECTS OF INDO-EUROPEAN POETICS; I. The Field of Comparative Poetics: Introduction and Background; II. Case Studies; III. The Strophic Style: An Indo-European Poetic Form; HOW TO KILL A DRAGON IN INDO-EUROPEAN: A CONTRIBUTION TO THE THEORY OF THE FORMULA; IV. The Basic Formula and Its Variants in the Narration of the Myth; V. Some Indo-European Dragons and Dragon-Slayers; VI. From Myth to Epic; VII. From Myth to Charm; Abbreviations; References; Indexes of names and subjects; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Index of passages |
Index of words |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A demonstration of the continuity of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. Using the comparative |
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