The Cambridge companion to the epic
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Author
Publication
2010 - Cambridge University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
69,750 words, Guess
Page Count
279 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780521880947
- ISBN-139780521707367
- ISBN-100521880947
- ISBN-100521707366
- Library of Congress Control Number2009051399
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24409346M
Classifications
- DDC809.1/32
- LCCPN1303 .C36 2010
Description
"Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. Epic poetry has always had a profound influence on other literary genres, including its own parody in the form of mock-epic. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's postcolonial Omeros. The list of epic poets analysed here includes some of the greatest writers in literary history in Europe and beyond: Homer, Virgil, Dante, Camões, Spenser, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats and Pound, among others. Each essay, by an expert in the field, pays close attention to the way these writers have intimately influenced one another to form a distinctive and cross-cultural literary tradition. Unique in its coverage of the vast scope of that tradition, this book is an essential companion for students of literature of all kinds and in all ages"--Provided by publisher.
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Series Statement
- Cambridge companions to literature
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