Author: Charles Rowan BeyePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Ancient Epic Poetry
Author: Charles Rowan BeyePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Structures of Epic Poetry
Author: Christiane ReitzPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110492598
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 2756
Book Description
This compendium (4 vols.) studies the continuity, flexibility, and variation of structural elements in epic narratives. It provides an overview of the structural patterns of epic poetry by means of a standardized, stringent terminology. Both diachronic developments and changes within individual epics are scrutinized in order to provide a comprehensive structural approach and a key to intra- and intertextual characteristics of ancient epic poetry.
Epic Lessons
Author: Peter TooheyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135035342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Didactic Epic was enormously popular in the ancient world. It was used to teach Greeks and Romans technical and scientific subjects, but in verse. Epic Lessons shows how this scientific poetry was intended not just to instruct but also to entertain. Praise for its predecessor, Reading Epic 'Toohey's erudition makes the complexities and the strangeness of these ancient poems appear as clear as daylight and his enthusiasm renders them as attractive as the latest blockbuster.' - JACT Review
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together with Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian, the Son of Fingal
Author: Traditions of Heroic and Epic Poetry: The traditions
Author: Robert AutyPublisher: MHRA
ISBN: 9780900547720
Category : Epic poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The Homeric Epics and the Chinese Book of Songs
Author: Fritz-Heiner MutschlerPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527523799
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 509
Book Description
The Homeric epics and the Book of Songs are not just the fountainheads of the Western and Chinese literary traditions; for centuries they played a central role in education and communal life, and thus exercised a lasting influence on both civilizations. This volume presents the first systematic comparison of the two corpora. Part One analyzes their genesis and their reception, while Part Two discusses their characteristics as poetic creations. The book brings together Chinese and Western sinologists and classicists, and so promotes significant interdisciplinary and intercultural dialogue. Though the contributors rank among the leading experts in their fields, the essays here are accessible not only to their peers, but also to the interested ‘general reader’, and so to all those who seek a deeper understanding of Chinese and Western civilizations, their common human basis and their characteristic differences.
The Odyssey
Author: HomerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486111059
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Excellent prose translation of ancient epic recounts adventures of the homeward-bound Odysseus. Fantastic cast of gods, giants, cannibals, sirens, other supernatural creatures — true classic of Western literature.
The Cambridge Guide to Homer
Author: Corinne Ondine PachePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108663621
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 974
Book Description
From its ancient incarnation as a song to recent translations in modern languages, Homeric epic remains an abiding source of inspiration for both scholars and artists that transcends temporal and linguistic boundaries. The Cambridge Guide to Homer examines the influence and meaning of Homeric poetry from its earliest form as ancient Greek song to its current status in world literature, presenting the information in a synthetic manner that allows the reader to gain an understanding of the different strands of Homeric studies. The volume is structured around three main themes: Homeric Song and Text; the Homeric World, and Homer in the World. Each section starts with a series of 'macropedia' essays arranged thematically that are accompanied by shorter complementary 'micropedia' articles. The Cambridge Guide to Homer thus traces the many routes taken by Homeric epic in the ancient world and its continuing relevance in different periods and cultures.
Ancient Epic Poetry
Author: Charles Rowan BeyePublisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN: 9780865166073
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception
Author: Marco FantuzziPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316298213
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 855
Book Description
The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern research on archaic epic. They also help to illuminate the early history of Greek mythology. Access to the poems, however, has been thwarted by their current fragmentary state. This volume provides the scholarly community and graduate students with a thorough critical foundation for reading and interpreting them.