LEADER 02720nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910451706003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-52715-3 010 $a0-19-802471-1 010 $a1-4294-0648-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465827 035 $a(EBL)271621 035 $a(OCoLC)476007794 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000174121 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11156016 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000174121 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10174467 035 $a(PQKB)11112632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271621 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271621 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10278549 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52715 035 $a(OCoLC)466425441 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465827 100 $a19950726d1995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow to kill a dragon$b[electronic resource] $easpects of Indo-European poetics /$fCalvert Watkins 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1995 215 $a1 online resource (630 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-514413-9 311 $a0-19-508595-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 550-576) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aIndex of words 330 $aA 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. 606 $aIndo-European philology 606 $aPoetics 606 $aComparative linguistics 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIndo-European philology. 615 0$aPoetics. 615 0$aComparative linguistics. 676 $a809 676 $a809.1 700 $aWatkins$b Calvert$0218666 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451706003321 996 $aHow to kill a dragon$9722715 997 $aUNINA