History and heroic tale
Subtitle: a symposium
By: [edited by Tore Nyberg ... et al.].
Contributors: Nyberg, Tore, 1931-; Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages.; Symposium on History and Heroic Tale (1983 : Odense University)
Publisher: Odense University Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: [Odense, Denmark]
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Epic literature -- History and criticism -- Congresses.; History in literature -- Congresses.; Literature and history -- Congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
English, French, and German.
The Symposium on History and Heroic Tale was held at Odense University on November 21 & 22, 1983 and was organized by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages.
Table of contents: title: The Homeric oral tradition and the development of a Greek cultural identity / by Geoffrey S. Kirk; title: Die Schwanenrittersage als Ursprungsmythos mittelalterlicher Fürstengeschlechter / von Herbert Kolb; title: Irish origin legends and genealogy / by Donnchadh Ó Corráin; title: Some functions of origin stories in early medieval Wales / by P.P. Sims-Williams; title: The Prověst' vremennyx lět and the question of truth / by Omeljan Pritsak; title: Jean d'Outremeuse, les origines légendaires et le passé carolingien de la patrie liégeoise / par Madeleine Tyssens; title: Starkad in Saxo's Gesta Danorum / by Inge Skovgaard-Petersen; title: History and heroic tale / by Gerd Wolfgang Weber.