How to Kill a Dragon - Calvert Watkins
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In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "sign...
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1995Uitgever: New York/Oxford : Oxford University Press630 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0195085957ISBN-13: 9780195085952Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original cloth, dust jacket, large 8vo. [Auteur: Watkins, Calvert] [Pagina's: 613] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: New York/Oxford : Oxford University Press] [Jaar: 1995] [Titel: How to Kill A Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics]