Classical Epic TraditionThe literary epic and critical theories about the epic tradition are traced from Aristotle and Callimachus through Apollonius, Virgil, and their successors such as Chaucer and Milton to Eisenstein, Tolstoy, and Thomas Mann. Newman's revisionist critique will challenge all scholars, students, and general readers of the classics, comparative literature, and western literary traditions. |
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... characters as diverse as Achilles and Penelope , the tones of solemn majesty , satire and every intervening nuance — these are the qualities offering to the reader even now that panorama of things human and divine which made its author ...
... characters as diverse as Achilles and Penelope , the tones of solemn majesty , satire and every intervening nuance — these are the qualities offering to the reader even now that panorama of things human and divine which made its author ...
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... character's motives . 9 Which of course will not be long delayed . Virgil understood this brilliant use of anticipation : Aen . IV . 669-71 , the death of Dido . The three of greater dimensions — that by Priam , A Map of the Terrain 9.
... character's motives . 9 Which of course will not be long delayed . Virgil understood this brilliant use of anticipation : Aen . IV . 669-71 , the death of Dido . The three of greater dimensions — that by Priam , A Map of the Terrain 9.
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... worthy . . . " ( The Reason of Church- Government urg'd against Prelaty , 1641 , repr . in The Works of John Milton , New York 1931 , III , 1 , p . 238 ) . being as it were present with the characters ( ἦθος 20 A Map of the Terrain.
... worthy . . . " ( The Reason of Church- Government urg'd against Prelaty , 1641 , repr . in The Works of John Milton , New York 1931 , III , 1 , p . 238 ) . being as it were present with the characters ( ἦθος 20 A Map of the Terrain.
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John Kevin Newman. being as it were present with the characters ( ἦθος , προσωποποιία ) and their reactions ( rán ) . The ... character in the story , must intrude between the reader and the narrative , so as to prevent him from taking a ...
John Kevin Newman. being as it were present with the characters ( ἦθος , προσωποποιία ) and their reactions ( rán ) . The ... character in the story , must intrude between the reader and the narrative , so as to prevent him from taking a ...
Contents
37 | |
Apollonius Rhodius | 73 |
Virgil | 104 |
Dante and Petrarch | 244 |
The Italian Tradition | 293 |
Chaucer and Milton | 339 |
Eisenstein and Pudovkin | 399 |
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