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A Companion to Ancient Epic |
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Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Adobe PDF
Content Language: English
ISBN: 9781405153041
Print ISBN: 9781405188388
Size: 4,669 KB
Pages: 696
Publication Date: 2008-04-15
Category:
Literary Criticism > Ancient and Classical
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Available Worldwide
Digital Rights:
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Copy Interval (Days): 365
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A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives.
- A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions
- Considers the interrelation between these different traditions
- Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic
- Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre
- Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition
- The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field
- Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events
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