The Cambridge companion to the epic / edited by Catherine Bates. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to the epic / edited by Catherine Bates. [electronic resource]
The Cambridge companion to the epic / edited by Catherine Bates. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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English
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Physical content
1 online resource (xiv, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Preface Catherine Bates; 1. The Epic of Gilgamesh Andrew George; 2. Greek epic Jasper Griffin; 3. Roman epic Peter Toohey; 4. Heroic epic poetry in the Middle Ages Karl Reichl; 5. Dante and the epic of transcendence John Freccero; 6. Italian Renaissance epic Giuseppe...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
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 Ome...
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The Cambridge companion to the epic / edited by Catherine Bates. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge companions online.
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Cambridge companions to literature
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-273) and index.
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English
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74VKVw6GQdmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVw6GQdmZ
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1-139-00292-9
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809.1/32
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991023962540202626
