| Description |
278 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Mythology |
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Mythology.
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| Contents |
The Homeric epic -- The old French epic -- The Germanic heroic songs -- Iriish and Icelandic prose sagas -- The epic of Indians and Persians -- The Slavonic folk-epic -- The epic poetry of non-Indo-European nations -- Poets and reciters -- The hero and the heroic age -- The historical background of heroic legend -- The pattern of an heroic life -- The mythical background of heroic legend -- Beginning and end of the heroic epic |
| Notes |
Reprint of the ed. published by Oxford University Press, London and New York, which was issued as no. 69 of Oxford paperbacks |
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Translation of Heldenlied en heldensage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epic poetry -- History and criticism.
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Heroes.
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Legends -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
77079157 |
| ISBN |
0405105665 |
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