The Role of the Poet in Early Societies

This study draws on a wide range of texts - early Irish, pre-modern Scottish Gaelic, early Welsh, Early Norse, Old English -to illustrate the role of the poet as a tool of power, as seer, and as ceremonial figure.

Author: Morton W. Bloomfield, Charles W. Dunn
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 04/16/1992
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.22w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9780859913478
ISBN10: 0859913473
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Criticism | Medieval