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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... described as a mountain snake that has fed on evil herbs ( vv . 93 ff . ) , the picture he presents must suggest not only terror and formidable power , but also delusion and diminution . " 1 Hector has been much criticized for running ...
... described as a mountain snake that has fed on evil herbs ( vv . 93 ff . ) , the picture he presents must suggest not only terror and formidable power , but also delusion and diminution . " 1 Hector has been much criticized for running ...
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... described by Herodotus , and one of the efforts made to revive the epic at the end of the fifth century by Choerilus of Samos had been precisely a versification of Herodotus ' Histories . Aristotle had rejected the poem . History and ...
... described by Herodotus , and one of the efforts made to revive the epic at the end of the fifth century by Choerilus of Samos had been precisely a versification of Herodotus ' Histories . Aristotle had rejected the poem . History and ...
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... described as observing a huge column of smoke rolling across the surface of the Aegean . She asked Charis ( " Grace " ) to fly to the top of Mount Athos to find its origin . Charis obeyed , and told Philotera that the smoke came from ...
... described as observing a huge column of smoke rolling across the surface of the Aegean . She asked Charis ( " Grace " ) to fly to the top of Mount Athos to find its origin . Charis obeyed , and told Philotera that the smoke came from ...
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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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