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Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative

The Homeric and Old English Traditions
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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
Release date Australia
July 14th, 2014
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Audiences
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
252
Dimensions
152x229x13
ISBN-13
9780691602264
Product ID
22488606

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