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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. |
| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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