Epic

Epic

by Innes, Paul

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This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses:a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkientexts from poems, novels, children's literature, tv, theatre and film themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the s…

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  • Full title :Epic / Paul Innes.

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This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses:a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkientexts from poems, novels, children's literature, tv, theatre and film themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural. Offering n.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 173 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780203079096, 0203079094, 9781136158537, 1136158537, 9780415587389, 0415587387, 9780415587396, 0415587395, 9781299136946, 129913694X
  • oclc:ocn828208632
  • LC Classification:PN56.E65
  • Dewey Decimal:809/.9357

Table of Contents

Front Cover; Epic; Copyright Page; Contents; Series editor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Epic literary history; Ancient and classical epic; From the heroic towards romance and allegory; The Renaissance and the early novel; Epic in the age of the individual; 2. Ancient and classical epic; Sumerian and Akkadian epic; The Bible; Greek epic; Latin epic; The Sanskrit epics; 3. From the heroic towards romance and allegory; The Shah-Namah; Heroic epic and saga; The Celts: tales from Ireland and Wales; Epic and the Chansons de Geste; Epic and romance; Epic and allegory.

4. The Renaissance and the early novelThree Italians and two Englishmen; The Lusiads; Milton; The early novel; 5. Epic in the age of the individual; Poetry; Epic and the novel; From Modernism to Post-Modernism; Contemporary; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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Subjects

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary Criticism, interpretation, etc EPIC FILMS Epic films -- History and criticism epic literature Epic literature -- History and criticism Epos Films épiques -- Histoire et critique Littérature épique -- Histoire et criti…

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Innes, Paul

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