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How to Kill a Dragon

Paperback • 2001 • English

How to Kill a Dragon

By Calvert Watkins

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About the book

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 explo...Show more

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ISBN

9780195144130

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

How to Kill a Dragon

Format

Paperback

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