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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page 20
... themes drawn from history , since he was Aristotelian ( and Greek ) enough to understand the inferiority of history to ... theme . Milton followed a long tradition in coupling the two poets : " Those magnifick Odes and Hymns , wherein ...
... themes drawn from history , since he was Aristotelian ( and Greek ) enough to understand the inferiority of history to ... theme . Milton followed a long tradition in coupling the two poets : " Those magnifick Odes and Hymns , wherein ...
Page 24
... theme the deeds of kings , or mighty heroes . Instead , he unwinds his poetry in fits and starts , like a child , though the number of his years is not small . After this statement of the attack , the poet begins his reply . The 37 ...
... theme the deeds of kings , or mighty heroes . Instead , he unwinds his poetry in fits and starts , like a child , though the number of his years is not small . After this statement of the attack , the poet begins his reply . The 37 ...
Page 28
... theme was drawn from a prose source , a chronicle of the early days of Attica . The great hero of primitive Athens , Theseus , the subject of bombastic poems from the days of Aristotle and before to those of Juvenal , was seen through ...
... theme was drawn from a prose source , a chronicle of the early days of Attica . The great hero of primitive Athens , Theseus , the subject of bombastic poems from the days of Aristotle and before to those of Juvenal , was seen through ...
Page 33
... theme . If the drama broke with Aristotle's veto on the use of historical material in poetry , it must be remembered that , with his usual common sense , Aristotle allowed an exception when history could be assimilated to myth , and ...
... theme . If the drama broke with Aristotle's veto on the use of historical material in poetry , it must be remembered that , with his usual common sense , Aristotle allowed an exception when history could be assimilated to myth , and ...
Page 35
... theme only appears to contradict Aristotle . Its anti - heroes , Pierre , Prince Andrei , Kutuzov , are aware of their own limitations , while the ostensibly heroic Napoleon and his minions are depicted as futile and pompous . These are ...
... theme only appears to contradict Aristotle . Its anti - heroes , Pierre , Prince Andrei , Kutuzov , are aware of their own limitations , while the ostensibly heroic Napoleon and his minions are depicted as futile and pompous . These are ...
Contents
37 | |
Apollonius Rhodius | 73 |
Virgil | 104 |
Dante and Petrarch | 244 |
The Italian Tradition | 293 |
Chaucer and Milton | 339 |
Eisenstein and Pudovkin | 399 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Aetia Alexandrian allusion already ancient Apollo Apollonius Arcita Argonautica Ariosto Aristaeus Aristotle Aristotle's artist Augustan Boccaccio Book Caesar Callimachean Callimachus carnival Catullus Chaucer classical epic tradition comedy comic contrast critics Dante death device Dido Doktor Faustus dramatic echo Eclogues Eisenstein emotional Ennius estrangement Euripides example film Gallus genre Georgics Greek Hecale Hector Hellenistic hero heroic Hesiod Homer Horace human Iliad imagination imitation inspired irony Izbr Jason language Latin Leverkühn lines literary literature look Lucan Lucretius lyric Mann's means Medea Milton modern montage moral Muses narrative novel Odyssey Orpheus Ovid passage perhaps Petrarch Pindar poem poet poet's poetic poetry Proiz Propertius prose reader repr Roman Rome satire scene sense Shklovsky shows simile speech Statius story style symbolism technique theme Theseus Thomas Mann Tolstoy Tolstoy's tragedy Trojans Turnus vates vatic Venus Virgil whole words writing