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Reading Epic: an Introduction to the Ancient Narratives

By Peter , Toohey

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2003
ISBN
0203169123, 0203264525, 0415042275, 0415042283, 9780203169124
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
702 kB (718772 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
263 pages\263
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel.;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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