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Beskrivning
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.
The poetic function; the primal situation - poetry and patronage; Early Irish culture; Scottish Gaelic culture; other early Western European cultures - Welsh, Norse, Old English; the notion of wisdom; wisdom genres and types of literature; primal poetry and the modern audience.
