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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... poetic possibilities open after a century of ever - encroaching prose on the one side , and ever- more bombastic dithyramb on the other , he saw that the superficial imitation of Homer's mannerisms was no longer feasible for any poet ...
... poetic possibilities open after a century of ever - encroaching prose on the one side , and ever- more bombastic dithyramb on the other , he saw that the superficial imitation of Homer's mannerisms was no longer feasible for any poet ...
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... poet for technical reasons . This modern problem must not disguise what is actually important , which is not what Homer may have intended ( the " intentional fallacy " 15 ) , but what he may have been supposed to intend by great poets ...
... poet for technical reasons . This modern problem must not disguise what is actually important , which is not what Homer may have intended ( the " intentional fallacy " 15 ) , but what he may have been supposed to intend by great poets ...
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... poet , not because great poets of the Hellenistic age were against flattering their sovereigns , but because they gave too little scope for an original talent to make itself heard . " What happened to poets of such talent who , while ...
... poet , not because great poets of the Hellenistic age were against flattering their sovereigns , but because they gave too little scope for an original talent to make itself heard . " What happened to poets of such talent who , while ...
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... poetic treatment a music that would transform its meaning . This meant that the harmony and euphony of the line ... poet to avoid the pitfall presented by themes drawn from history , since he was Aristotelian ( and Greek ) enough to ...
... poetic treatment a music that would transform its meaning . This meant that the harmony and euphony of the line ... poet to avoid the pitfall presented by themes drawn from history , since he was Aristotelian ( and Greek ) enough to ...
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... poet , which at times may character in the story , must intrude between the reader and the narrative , so as to prevent him from taking a detached view . He must always see the story through the author's eyes , as he is required to see ...
... poet , which at times may character in the story , must intrude between the reader and the narrative , so as to prevent him from taking a detached view . He must always see the story through the author's eyes , as he is required to see ...
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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