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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Page 10
... shows that he is in the ascendant . Hector is reduced to a trembling dove at the mercy of a hawk ( vv . 139-42 ) . Yet even this simile has nothing cruel or contemptuous of him in it . With the comparison to racehorses ( vv . 162 ff ...
... shows that he is in the ascendant . Hector is reduced to a trembling dove at the mercy of a hawk ( vv . 139-42 ) . Yet even this simile has nothing cruel or contemptuous of him in it . With the comparison to racehorses ( vv . 162 ff ...
Page 11
... shows the contradictory aspects of heroism in a way that is worth any amount of explicit moralizing . The comparison of the heroes to horses racing at the funeral games of some dead warrior signposts the real - life events of the ...
... shows the contradictory aspects of heroism in a way that is worth any amount of explicit moralizing . The comparison of the heroes to horses racing at the funeral games of some dead warrior signposts the real - life events of the ...
Page 15
... shows how easily a tragic scene could be deduced from Homer's narrative . As the lifeless body of Hector is dragged around their walls , the Trojans step forward in turn , father , mother , wife , to express their grief , supported by a ...
... shows how easily a tragic scene could be deduced from Homer's narrative . As the lifeless body of Hector is dragged around their walls , the Trojans step forward in turn , father , mother , wife , to express their grief , supported by a ...
Page 17
... shows a carnival sense of the " grotesque body , " and the kind of taste relished by the Romans . Beautified with gardens , and basking in the sun , the city presented an impressive spectacle to the visitor from the homeland . But its ...
... shows a carnival sense of the " grotesque body , " and the kind of taste relished by the Romans . Beautified with gardens , and basking in the sun , the city presented an impressive spectacle to the visitor from the homeland . But its ...
Page 22
... shows that one school of rhetorical theory did make room for digressions where emotional effect could be gained . Horace is therefore taking up a position here ( later pushed to mechanical absurdity : Curtius , op . cit . , pp . 481 ff ...
... shows that one school of rhetorical theory did make room for digressions where emotional effect could be gained . Horace is therefore taking up a position here ( later pushed to mechanical absurdity : Curtius , op . cit . , pp . 481 ff ...
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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