Medieval Spanish Epic: Mythic Roots and Ritual Language

by Thomas Montgomery

Book Overview

This book takes a new look at the place occupied by medieval Spanish epic within European folk and literary tradition. Thomas Montgomery traces the origins of key parts of most known medieval Spanish epics to an ancient myth. He shows how the myth of the initiation of the young warrior, shown by Georges Dum?zil to be fundamental to the belief systems of widely distributed Indo-European peoples, was variously adapted to shape the action of texts including...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028246
• ISBN13: 9780271028248
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"