About this title: 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 explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European ...
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Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780195085952ISBN:0195085957
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780195085952ISBN:0195085957
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: OUP USA
Date Published: 1996
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780195085952ISBN:0195085957
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (628) watkins demonstrates the continuity of poetic formulae in indo-european languages from old hittite to medieval irish. using the comparative method, he shows how traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity can be reconstructed as far back as the original common languages, thus revealing the antiquity and tenacity of the poetic tradition. (Hardback) read more
Edition: First Edition, 6th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780195144130ISBN:0195144139
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780195144130ISBN:0195144139
Description: New. 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... read more
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780195085952ISBN:0195085957
Description: New. 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... read more
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