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The Growth of Literature, Volume 1
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108016148
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.10.2010
Seiten:
698
Autor:
H. Munro Chadwick
Gewicht:
863 g
Format:
216x140x37 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hector Munro Chadwick (1870-1947) was professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge and a pioneer in integrating the study of Old English with archaeology and history.
A pioneering comparative study in three volumes, published 1932 1940, covering the development of world literature from Iceland to Polynesia.
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The heroic age; 3. Heroic poetry and saga; 4. The heroic milieu; 5. Individualism in the heroic stories; 6. Non-heroic stories relating to the heroic age; 7. Historical elements in stories of the heroic age; 8. Unhistorical elements in stories of the heroic age; 9. Poetry and saga relating to deities; 10. Antiquarian learning; 11. Post-heroic poetry and saga; 12. Gnomic poetry; 13. Descriptive poetry; 14. Poetry and saga relating to unspecified individuals; 15. Mantic poetry; 16. Literature and writing; 17. The texts; 18. Recitation and composition; 19. The author; 20. Inspiration; Excursus 1. Merlin in the works of Geoffrey of Monmouth; Excursus 2. The written epic; Addenda; Index.