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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... poetry gushed . 1 The wealth and variety of language , the subject matter ranging from the battlefields of Troy to the lonely fight against the elements , the characters as diverse as Achilles and Penelope , the tones of solemn majesty ...
... poetry gushed . 1 The wealth and variety of language , the subject matter ranging from the battlefields of Troy to the lonely fight against the elements , the characters as diverse as Achilles and Penelope , the tones of solemn majesty ...
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... poet must write the best sort of poetry ? 1 No , came the answer , and by a surprising paradox the best kind of poetry was declared to be tragedy , a genre of recent Athenian invention and one exported on a limited scale to the Greek ...
... poet must write the best sort of poetry ? 1 No , came the answer , and by a surprising paradox the best kind of poetry was declared to be tragedy , a genre of recent Athenian invention and one exported on a limited scale to the Greek ...
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... poetry and history . It is surely a profound tribute to Calli- machus ' literary seriousness that he even concerned himself at such a time with the problems of epic narrative at all . Then and now the poet has reaped small thanks ...
... poetry and history . It is surely a profound tribute to Calli- machus ' literary seriousness that he even concerned himself at such a time with the problems of epic narrative at all . Then and now the poet has reaped small thanks ...
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... poetry of the lyric poet Pindar , were developed over the centuries into a powerful means for securing both unity and intensity in narrative . Rhyme and symmetry are other lyrical devices found in this book.18 The second word of the ...
... poetry of the lyric poet Pindar , were developed over the centuries into a powerful means for securing both unity and intensity in narrative . Rhyme and symmetry are other lyrical devices found in this book.18 The second word of the ...
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... poetry , and yet still wanted to write epic ? Clearly their dilemma called for a radical solution , one which would be a thorough test of their genius , and which only a poet of the highest ability would survive . Such a poet was ...
... poetry , and yet still wanted to write epic ? Clearly their dilemma called for a radical solution , one which would be a thorough test of their genius , and which only a poet of the highest ability would survive . Such a poet was ...
Contents
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Dante and Petrarch | 244 |
The Italian Tradition | 293 |
Chaucer and Milton | 339 |
Eisenstein and Pudovkin | 399 |
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