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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820852703321

Autore

Toohey Peter <1951->

Titolo

Reading epic : an introduction to the ancient narratives / / Peter Toohey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1992

ISBN

1-134-95217-1

0-203-28543-3

1-134-95218-X

1-280-06742-X

0-203-16912-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

883.0109

883/.0109

Soggetti

Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism

History, Ancient, in literature

Literature and history - Greece

Literature and history - Rome

Mythology, Classical, in literature

Narration (Rhetoric) - History - To 1500

Rhetoric, Ancient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; EPIC: THE GENRE, ITS CHARACTERISTICS; HOMER, ILIAD; HOMER, ODYSSEY; APOLLONIUS OF RHODES, ARGONAUTICA; BEGINNING EPIC IN ROME; THE ALEXANDRIAN MINIATURE EPIC; VIRGIL, AENEID; OVID, METAMORPHOSES; LUCAN, THE CIVIL WAR; ROMAN EPIC AND THE EMPEROR DOMITIAN; ENDS AND BEGINNINGS: LATE ANCIENT EPIC; APPENDIX: THE EPIC AND THE NOVEL; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.