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The heroic poetry of Dark-Age Britain : an introduction to its dating, composition, and use as a historical source
- Title
- The heroic poetry of Dark-Age Britain : an introduction to its dating, composition, and use as a historical source / Stephen S. Evans.
- Author
- Evans, Stephen S. (Stephen Stewart), 1954-
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [1997], ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PR205 .E93 1997 | Off-site |
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- Description
- ix, 156 pages; 22 cm
- Subject
- Aneirin
- Taliesin
- Beowulf
- Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism
- Welsh poetry > To 1100 > History and criticism
- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature
- Civilization, Medieval, in literature
- Literature and history > Great Britain
- Civilization, Celtic, in literature
- Oral tradition > Great Britain
- Oral-formulaic analysis
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Poets and Poetry in Heroic Society -- Ch. 3. The Oral-Formulaic Nature of the Texts -- Ch. 4. The Dating of Beowulf -- Ch. 5. The Gododdin of Aneirin -- Ch. 6. The Historical Poems of Taliesin -- Ch. 7. Oral-Formulaic Texts as Sources -- Ch. 8. Summary and Conclusions.
- ISBN
- 0761806067 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96036989
- OCLC
- 35758093
- ocm35758093
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries