Role of the Poet in Early Societies
- Authors
- Bloomfield, Morton & Dunn, Charles
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer
- Tags
- poetry , test , sociology
- ISBN
- 9780859913478
- Date
- 1992-04-17T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.41 MB
- Lang
- en
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.