The Role of the Poet in Early Societies

by Morton Bloomfield, Charles Dunn, Charles W. Dunn

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859913473
• ISBN13: 9780859913478
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"