H. Munro Chadwick, Nora K. Chadwick

The Growth of Literature, Volume 1

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A pioneering comparative study in three volumes, published 1932 1940, covering the development of world literature from Iceland to Polynesia.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 698
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 863g
• ISBN-13: 9781108016148
• ISBN-10: 1108016146
• Artikelnr.: 31808714

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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.