Reading Epic : an Introduction to the Ancient Narratives.
This survey offers guidance through the major classical writers of epic to readers new to the subject: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and the interface between epic and the novel.
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1992
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; EPIC: THE GENRE, ITS CHARACTERISTICS; HOMER, ILIAD; HOMER, ODYSSEY; APOLLONIUS OF RHODES, ARGONAUTICA; BEGINNING EPIC IN ROME; THE ALEXANDRIAN MINIATURE EPIC; VIRGIL, AENEID; OVID, METAMORPHOSES; LUCAN, THE CIVIL WAR; ROMAN EPIC AND THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN; ENDS AND BEGINNINGS: LATE ANCIENT EPIC; APPENDIX: THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL; Bibliography; Index. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Literature and history |z Greece. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Literature and history |z Italy |z Rome. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Mythology, Classical, in literature. | |
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