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Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative
Wards Parks
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Description for Verbal Dueling in Heroic Narrative
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized as an elemental behavioral paradigm in human consciousness, the contest has only recently emerged as a factor in the formation of Western intellectual traditions and modes of discourse. In presenting the verbal duel as a literary expression of the contest, Ward Parks shows how flyting interfaces words and physical action. He explores the ... Read more
This work is a rare cross-cultural study of one of the most universal dialogic genres: heroic flyting, or the verbal duel in which the heroes, prior to physical combat, make boastful claims that must be backed up through action in the arena of public contesting. Long recognized as an elemental behavioral paradigm in human consciousness, the contest has only recently emerged as a factor in the formation of Western intellectual traditions and modes of discourse. In presenting the verbal duel as a literary expression of the contest, Ward Parks shows how flyting interfaces words and physical action. He explores the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691631790
SKU
V9780691631790
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