How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics

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2001
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This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language.

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This work follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. The author uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language.

$49.09

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 28 Jun 2001
ISBN 10: 0195144139
ISBN 13: 9780195144130