02670nam 2200661Ia 450 991096807990332120200520144314.09786612731402978128273140012827314089780299105136029910513X(CKB)2520000000006556(OCoLC)608035517(CaPaEBR)ebrary10355642(SSID)ssj0000335858(PQKBManifestationID)11257640(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335858(PQKBWorkID)10277203(PQKB)10542743(MiAaPQ)EBC3444939(MdBmJHUP)muse12347(Au-PeEL)EBL3444939(CaPaEBR)ebr10355642(CaONFJC)MIL273140(OCoLC)932317724(Perlego)4386048(EXLCZ)99252000000000655620061213d1986 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe classical epic tradition /John Kevin Newman1st ed.Madison, Wis. University of Wisconsin Press19861 online resource (578 pages)Wisconsin studies in classics9780299105143 0299105148 Includes bibliographical references and index.A map of the terrain Aristotle, Callimachus and the ancient critical tradition Apollonius Rhodius VirgilThe Latin epic after Virgil: Ovid to Statius The critical failure: Dante and Petrarch The Italian tradition The English tradition: Chaucer and Milton The modern epic I: Eisenstein and Pudovkin The modern epic II: Tolstoy and Thomas MannThe literary epic and critical theories about the epic tradition are traced from Aristotle and Callimachus through Apollonius, Virgil, and their successors such as Chaucer and Milton to Eisenstein, Tolstoy, and Thomas Mann. Newman's revisionist critique will challenge all scholars, students, and general readers of the classics, comparative literature, and western literary traditions. Wisconsin studies in classics.Epic literatureHistory and criticismLiteratureHistory and criticismEpic literatureHistory and criticism.LiteratureHistory and criticism.809.1/3Newman John Kevin1928-466055MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968079903321Classical epic tradition593179UNINA