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Akkadian Epic
Ancient
Author_Paul Innes
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Changing Position Points
Chansons De Geste
Christian Elements
Classical
classical epic tradition
critical idiom series
David Quint
Defoe's Moll Flanders
Defoe’s Moll Flanders
Divine Comedy
Epic
Epic Cycle
Epic Form
epic genre evolution in world literature
Epic Motifs
Epic Narratives
Epic NCI
Epic Tradition
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Faerie Queene
Girl Friends
John Drakakis
Knight Errant
literary journey motif
Main Character
Mock Epic
narrative forms analysis
NCI
New Critical Idiom
Norse Icelandic Sagas
Paul Innes
postmodern epic literature
Postmodernism
Redcrosse Knight
Richard III
romance and allegory themes
Romance Elements
Routledge
Sir Orfeo
Southey's Epic Poem
Southey’s Epic Poem
Spenser's Poem
Spenser’s Poem
Tragedy
Walcott's Poem
Walcott’s Poem
Product details
- ISBN 9780415587389
- Weight: 520g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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:
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- 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.
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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.
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.
