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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toohey, Peter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 1992.
Subjects:
Epic poetry, Classical > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Epic poetry, Classical > History and criticism.
History, Ancient, in literature.
Literature and history > Greece.
Literature and history > Italy > Rome.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric) > History > To 1500.
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780203169124
0203169123
1134952171
9781134952175
0203285433
9780203285435
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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