Heroes, Gods and the Role of Epiphany in English Epic Poetry

Name: Heroes, Gods and the Role of Epiphany in English Epic Poetry
Brand: McFarland
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By Risden, E. L.

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This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. It begins with three chapters on ancient poetry (including The Iliad and The Odyssey, the Mahabharata, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Aeneid and the Bhagavad Gita). Subsequent chapters take up the main subject of the book, examining the evolution of English epic poetry from the anonymous Old English Beowulf to Spenser's The Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Blake's Milton, Wordsworth's The Prelude, Barett Browning's Aurora Leigh and Derek Walcott's 1990 poem Omeros.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 212
Release Date:: 2008-07-01
Publication Date:: 2008-07-16
Publisher:: McFarland
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0786435410
ISBN13:: 9780786435418
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:: 18
Weight:: 352 g
Height:: 15.2 cm
Width:: 22.9 cm
Thickness:: 1.3 cm

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