| Description |
1 online resource [2 volumes (xxviii, 417 pages, lxviii; xxviii, 845 pages, lxviii) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Vol. 1. Aeneid / by Virgil -- Beowulf / anonymous -- The cantos / by Ezra Pound -- El Cid / anonymous -- Divine comedy / by Dante Alighieri -- Epic of Gilgamesh / anonymous -- The faerie queene / by Edmund Spenser -- Gerusalemme liberata / by Torquato Tasso -- Iliad / by Homer -- Kalevala / by Elias Lönnrot -- The lord of the rings / by J.R.R. Toldien -- Mahabharata / anonymous ; attributed to Vyasa-- Les misérables / by Victor Hugo -- volume 2. Le morte d'Arthur / by Thomas Malory -- Nibelungenlied / anonymous -- Odyssey / by Homer -- Omeros / by Derek Walcott -- On the nature of things / by Titus Lucretius Carus -- Paradise lost / by John Milton -- Pharsalia / by Marcus Annaeus Lucan -- Poetic Edda / anonymous -- The song of Igor's campaign / anonymous -- Song of Roland / anonymous -- Sundiata / by Djeli Mamoudou Kouyate -- Táin bó cúailnge / anonymous -- The tale of Genji / by Lady Murasaki Shikibu -- War and peace / by Leo Tolstoy |
| Summary |
Provides critical overviews of literary epics of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Includes discussions of themes, characters, literary traditions and cultural context |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Epic literature -- History and criticism.
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Epic literature -- Stories, plots, etc
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Epic literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Stories, plots, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Constantakis, Sara.
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| ISBN |
1414476248 |
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9781414476247 |
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