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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkins, Calvert, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-European philology.

Poetics.

Comparative linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (630 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Aspects of Indo-European poetics

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

9780197704714

0197704719

9781280527159

1280527153

9780198024712

0198024711

9781429406482

1429406488

OCLC:

476007794

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31903 hdl