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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... narrative technique to justify his disapproval.3 Cast forth from the ideal state as little more than a liar , the " educator of Greece " was defended by Aristotle , but even so , rather ambiguously . Were the Iliad and the Odyssey ...
... narrative technique to justify his disapproval.3 Cast forth from the ideal state as little more than a liar , the " educator of Greece " was defended by Aristotle , but even so , rather ambiguously . Were the Iliad and the Odyssey ...
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... narrative at all . Then and now the poet has reaped small thanks . Bitterly criticized from diverse quarters , he replied in his old age that his adversaries had never been friends of the Muse ; otherwise they would not have measured ...
... narrative at all . Then and now the poet has reaped small thanks . Bitterly criticized from diverse quarters , he replied in his old age that his adversaries had never been friends of the Muse ; otherwise they would not have measured ...
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... narrative without being moved . Its appeal lies firstly in its alternations of experiences that are basic to all human hearts — laughter and sorrow , fear , revenge , betrayal , love for friends and family , death . But these ...
... narrative without being moved . Its appeal lies firstly in its alternations of experiences that are basic to all human hearts — laughter and sorrow , fear , revenge , betrayal , love for friends and family , death . But these ...
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... narrative right from the start is clear . At its most elementary level , it opens a world of reference which contrasts with the action in hand to bring both relief and emphasis . But it also has important structural functions . Similes ...
... narrative right from the start is clear . At its most elementary level , it opens a world of reference which contrasts with the action in hand to bring both relief and emphasis . But it also has important structural functions . Similes ...
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... narrative was indicated with some verbal reminiscence of its beginning . Such verbal and thematic echoes , reinforced by their effective employment in the influential poetry of the lyric poet Pindar , were developed over the centuries ...
... narrative was indicated with some verbal reminiscence of its beginning . Such verbal and thematic echoes , reinforced by their effective employment in the influential poetry of the lyric poet Pindar , were developed over the centuries ...
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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