Epic: form, content, and history

by Turner, Frederick

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Title Statements

Full title :Epic : form, content, and history / Frederick Turner.

Summary

"Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. Epic illustrates that these ingredients of epic storytelling are universal cultural elements, in existence across multiple remote geographical locations, historical eras, ethnic and linguistic groups, and levels of technological and economic development. Frederick Turner argues that epic, despite being scoffed at and neglected for over sixty years, is the most fundamental and important of all literary forms and thereby deserves serious critical attention. It is the source and origin of all other literature, the frame within which any story is possible. The mission of this book is to repair gaps in the literary understanding of epic studies -- and offer permission to future epic writers and composers."--Jacket.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Transaction Publishers
Place of Publication:New Brunswick (U.S.A.)
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 377 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781412849449, 1412849446
oclc:ocn793224075
LC Classification:PN56.E65
Dewey Decimal:808.8/015

The epic story teller -- The creation myth -- The hero -- The quest -- Kinship troubles -- Natural man and the Fall -- The descent into the underworld -- The founding of the city -- The history of the people -- Setting an example -- A new medium of communication -- Epic form and epic content.

Subjects

Comportement humain dans la littérature Criticism, interpretation, etc epic literature Epic literature -- History and criticism Epos Genres littéraires -- Histoire History Human behavior in literature Literary form Literary form -- History Literature and society Littérature épique -- Histoire et criti… Littérature et société Myth in literature Mythe -- Dans la littérature