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1 online resource (vii, 245 pages) |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 52 |
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Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 52
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| Contents |
1. Homer, Ossian and modernity -- 2. Walter Scott and heroic minstrelsy -- 3. Epic translation and the National ballad metre -- 4. The matter of Britain and the search for a national epic -- 5. 'As flat as Fleet street' : Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold and George Eliot on epic modernity -- 6. Mapping epic and novel -- 7. Epic and the imperial theme -- 8. Kipling, Bard of empire -- 9. Epic and the subject peoples of empire -- 10. Coda : some Homeric futures |
| Summary |
Epic poetry in the Homeric style was widely seen as an ancient and anachronistic genre, yet Victorian authors worked to recreate it for the modern world. Simon Dentith explores the relationship between epic and the British national identity in the works of Scott, Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Morris and Kipling |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-239) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Epic literature -- History and criticism
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Literature and history -- Great Britain
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National characteristics, British, in literature.
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British in literature.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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British in literature
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English literature
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Epic literature
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Literature and history
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National characteristics, British, in literature
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Engels.
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Epiek.
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Epische poëzie.
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Romans.
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Nationale identiteit.
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Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780511226410 |
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0511226411 |
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0511224559 |
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9780511224553 |
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0511225229 |
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9780511484773 |
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0511484771 |
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9781280541452 |
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0511317255 |
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9780511317255 |
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9780521123570 |
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0521123577 |
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