Showing posts with label Ancient. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancient. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2016

The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception

The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception

The Greek Epic Cycle and its Ancient Reception
By:"Marco Fantuzzi","Christos Tsagalis"
Published on 2015-08-06 by Cambridge University Press

The poems of the Epic Cycle are assumed to be the reworking of myths and narratives which had their roots in an oral tradition predating that of many of the myths and narratives which took their present form in the Iliad and the Odyssey. The remains of these texts allow us to investigate diachronic aspects of epic diction as well as the extent of variation within it on the part of individual authors - two of the most important questions in modern research on archaic epic. They also help to illuminate the early history of Greek mythology. Access to the poems, however, has been thwarted by their current fragmentary state. This volume provides the scholarly community and graduate students with a thorough critical foundation for reading and interpreting them.

This Book was ranked 40 by Google Books for keyword epic books.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

A Companion to Ancient Epic

A Companion to Ancient Epic

A Companion to Ancient Epic
By:"John Miles Foley"
Published on 2008-04-15 by John Wiley & Sons

A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives. A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions Considers the interrelation between these different traditions Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre Covers recently introduced topics, such as the role of women, the history of reception, and comparison with living analogues from oral tradition The editor and contributors are leading scholars in the field Includes a detailed index of poems, poets, technical terms, and important figures and events

This Book was ranked 29 by Google Books for keyword epic books.