Reading Epic

Reading Epic
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9781134952182
ISBN-13 : 113495218X
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Book Synopsis Reading Epic by : Peter Toohey

Download or read book Reading Epic written by Peter Toohey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers new to ancient epic are hampered in two ways: they do not know the ancient languages, and they are unfamiliar with the ancient world. This survey addresses the needs of these readers by offering guidance through the major classical writers of epic: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and of the interface between the epic and the novel.


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