How to kill a dragon : aspects of Indo-European poetics / / Calvert Watkins

• Autore: Watkins Calvert
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (630 p.)
• Disciplina: 809; 809.1
• Soggetto topico: Indo-European philology; Poetics; Comparative linguistics
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 1995.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 550-576) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Aspects of Indoeuropean poetics
• Titolo autorizzato: How to kill a dragon
• ISBN: 0-19-770471-9; 1-280-52715-3; 0-19-802471-1; 1-4294-0648-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809036403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford scholarship online.