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Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community Margaret H Beissinger
Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World: The Poetics of Community
Margaret H Beissinger
This collection of essays provides a comparative reassessment of epic and its role in the ancient, mediaeval and modern worlds, as it explores the variety of contemporary approaches to the epic genre. The authors examine familiar and less well known oral and literary traditions.
323 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 31, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780520210387 |
| Publishers | University of California Press |
| Pages | 323 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 153 × 32 mm · 496 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Beissinger, Margaret |
| Editor | Tylus, Jane |
| Editor | Wofford, Susanne |