Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative : the Homeric and Old English Traditions.

Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative : the Homeric and Old English Traditions.

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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Parks, Wards
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton legacy library.
Subjects:
Homer > Technique.
Homer.
Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism.
Comparative literature > English and Greek.
Comparative literature > Greek and English.
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.
Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature.
Dueling in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Speech in literature.
Rhetoric, Medieval.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Dialogue.
Epic poetry, English (Old)
Epic poetry, Greek.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Technique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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