Narration and Hero: Recounting the Deeds of Heroes in Literature and Art of the Early Medieval Period

The volume provides an overview of the origins of early medieval aristocratic literature. Although there are regional, linguistic and formal differences, one can observe a number of similarities. Oral literature disseminates a range of themes that are shared by narratives in most parts of the contin...

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Main Author: Millet, Victor (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter, Inc. 2014
Series:Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde - Ergänzungsbände Ser. v.87
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Online Access:KUBA1
Summary:The volume provides an overview of the origins of early medieval aristocratic literature. Although there are regional, linguistic and formal differences, one can observe a number of similarities. Oral literature disseminates a range of themes that are shared by narratives in most parts of the continent. The authors address these similarities in Roman, Nordic, Anglo-Saxon and Germanic literature and use different methodologies to explain them
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Physical Description:1 online resource (460 pages)
ISBN:9783110369779

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