02720nam 2200649Ia 450 991045170600332120200520144314.01-280-52715-30-19-802471-11-4294-0648-8(CKB)1000000000465827(EBL)271621(OCoLC)476007794(SSID)ssj0000174121(PQKBManifestationID)11156016(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174121(PQKBWorkID)10174467(PQKB)11112632(MiAaPQ)EBC271621(Au-PeEL)EBL271621(CaPaEBR)ebr10278549(CaONFJC)MIL52715(OCoLC)466425441(EXLCZ)99100000000046582719950726d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow to kill a dragon[electronic resource] aspects of Indo-European poetics /Calvert WatkinsNew York Oxford University Press19951 online resource (630 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-514413-9 0-19-508595-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 550-576) and indexes.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 passagesIndex of wordsA 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.Indo-European philologyPoeticsComparative linguisticsElectronic books.Indo-European philology.Poetics.Comparative linguistics.809809.1Watkins Calvert218666MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451706003321How to kill a dragon722715UNINA