Old English Minor Heroic Poems
by Hill, Joyce
fromDurham and St. Andrews medieval texts
The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the fi…
Singing the past: Turkic and medieval heroic poetry
by Reichl, Karl
fromMyth and poetics
Singing the past: Turkic and medieval heroic poetry
by Reichl, Karl
fromMyth and poetics
Oral epic poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar …
Singing the past: Turkic and medieval heroic poetry
by Reichl, Karl
fromMyth and poetics
"Oral Epic Poetry is still performed by Turkic singers in Central Asia. On trips to the region, Karl Reichl collected heroic poems from the Uzbek, Kazakh, and Karakalpak oral traditions. Through a close analysis of these Turkic works, he shows that they are typologically similar…