Medieval dragon, the: the nature of the beast in germanic literature
Auteur :
Lionarons, Joyce
Éditeur :
Welsh Academic Press
ISBN :
9781860571602
Date de publication :
17 oct. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,1 cm
Poids :
235 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Examining how dragons are portrayed in the epic masterworks, Beowulf (Old English), Volsunga saga (Icelandic), Das Nibelungenlied (Middle High German), and thidrekr saga af Bern (Old Norwegian), Joyce Tally Lionarons explores the relationship between the dragons of medieval Germanic literature and the chaos monsters of Indo-European myth.