03270nam 2200793Ia 450 991082085270332120200520144314.01-134-95217-10-203-28543-31-134-95218-X1-280-06742-X0-203-16912-310.4324/9780203169124 (CKB)1000000000253112(EBL)179136(OCoLC)475883550(SSID)ssj0000283417(PQKBManifestationID)11912534(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283417(PQKBWorkID)10249858(PQKB)11711681(MiAaPQ)EBC179136(Au-PeEL)EBL179136(CaPaEBR)ebr10095765(CaONFJC)MIL6742(OCoLC)560303497(EXLCZ)99100000000025311219920203d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading epic an introduction to the ancient narratives /Peter Toohey1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19921 online resource (263 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-55507-8 0-415-04227-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index.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; IndexReaders 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.Epic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismTheory, etcEpic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismHistory, Ancient, in literatureLiterature and historyGreeceLiterature and historyRomeMythology, Classical, in literatureNarration (Rhetoric)HistoryTo 1500Rhetoric, AncientEpic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Epic poetry, ClassicalHistory and criticism.History, Ancient, in literature.Literature and historyLiterature and historyMythology, Classical, in literature.Narration (Rhetoric)HistoryRhetoric, Ancient.883.0109883/.0109Toohey Peter1951-609081MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820852703321Reading epic1494986UNINA