Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative : : The Homeric and Old English Traditions / / Wards Parks.
This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized as an elemental behav...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1990 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Edition: | Course Book |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 p.) |
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