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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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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