How to Kill a Dragon

How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics is a 1995 book about comparative Indo-European poetics by the linguist and classicist Calvert Watkins. It was first published on November 16, 1995, through Oxford University Press and is both an introduction to comparative poetics and an investigation of the myths about dragon-slayers found in different times and in different Indo-European languages. Watkins received a 1998 Goodwin Award of Merit from the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies) for his work on the book.

How to Kill a Dragon: Aspects of Indo-European Poetics
AuthorCalvert Watkins
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComparative Indo-European poetics
GenreNon-fiction
Published1995
PublisherOxford University Press
Media typePrint
Pages640 pages
ISBN0195085957
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