2013. 0th Edition. Paperback. This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. It traces epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Epic
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2013
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415587395
ISBN 13: 9780415587396
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses:

a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien
texts from poems, novels, children’s literature, tv, theatre and film
themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural.

Offering new directions for the future and addressing the place of epic in both English-language texts and World Literature, this handy book takes you on a fascinating guided tour through the epic.

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Paul Innes is a senior lecturer in adult and continuing education at the University of Glasgow. He has published widely on Shakespeare, early modern literature and literary theory.

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