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The heroic poetry of Dark-Age Britain : an introduction to its dating, composition, and use as a historical source

Title
  1. The heroic poetry of Dark-Age Britain : an introduction to its dating, composition, and use as a historical source / Stephen S. Evans.
Published by
  1. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1997.
Author
  1. Evans, Stephen S. (Stephen Stewart), 1954-

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Description
  1. ix, 156 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  1. Aneirin
  2. Taliesin
  3. Beowulf, King of the Geats
  4. Beowulf
  5. Gododdin (Aneirin)
  6. To 1100
  7. Epic poetry, English (Old) > History and criticism
  8. Welsh poetry > To 1100 > History and criticism
  9. Civilization, Anglo-Saxon, in literature
  10. Civilization, Medieval, in literature
  11. Literature and history > Great Britain
  12. Civilization, Celtic, in literature
  13. Oral tradition > Great Britain
  14. Oral-formulaic analysis
  15. Epic poetry, English (Old)
  16. Literature and history
  17. Oral tradition
  18. Welsh poetry
  19. Versdichtung
  20. Mündliche Überlieferung
  21. Heldenepos
  22. Heldendichtung
  23. Geschichte 500-700
  24. Great Britain
  25. Altenglisch
  26. Kymrisch
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-152) and index.