Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative: The Homeric and Old English Traditions - Princeton Legacy Library - Wards Parks - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691631790 - April 19, 2016
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Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative: The Homeric and Old English Traditions - Princeton Legacy Library

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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 behavioral paradigm in human consciousness, the contest


252 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released April 19, 2016
ISBN13 9780691631790
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 252
Dimensions 164 × 241 × 20 mm   ·   536 g
Language English  

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