Narration and Hero: Recounting the Deeds of Heroes in Literature and Art of the Early Medieval Period

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The volume provides an overview of the origins of early medieval aristocratic literature. Although there are regional, linguistic and formal differences, one can observe a number of similarities. Oral literature disseminates a range of themes that are shared by narratives in most parts of the continent. The authors address these similarities in Roman, Nordic, Anglo-Saxon and Germanic literature and use different methodologies to explain them.
About the Author


Victor Millet, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Heike Sahm, University of Siegen, Germany.