Ancient Epic : literary and linguistic essays /

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Imprint:Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
Description:1 online resource (280 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11908550
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Other authors / contributors:Díaz de Cerio Díez, Mercedes, editor.
Cabrillana, Concepción, editor.
Criado, Cecilia, editor.
ISBN:9781443883979
1443883972
9781443874212
1443874213
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:This book adopts a broad and multifaceted approach to that most preeminent of classical literature genres: the Epic. Set in the ancient world, from archaic Greece to imperial Rome, the scope of interest here extends, for comparative purposes, to Vedic and Sanskrit poetry, as well as the Medieval epic. This collection of papers by classicists from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, embraces key themes in recent scholarship, such as the character of the hero, defined in terms of the conflict of power central to the epos, the metapoetic function of the bard as a literary reflection.
Other form:Print version: Ancient Epic. 9781443874212 1443874213