LEADER 04656nam 2200769Ia 450 001 9910139860203321 005 20210827104906.0 010 $a1-282-34985-6 010 $a9786612349850 010 $a1-4443-1563-3 010 $a1-4443-1564-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000806791 035 $a(EBL)470336 035 $a(OCoLC)593295668 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001144503 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12499547 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001144503 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11115119 035 $a(PQKB)10291279 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295429 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238303 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295429 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10314453 035 $a(PQKB)11430862 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC470336 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL470336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10346500 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234985 035 $a(PPN)250032538 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000806791 100 $a20090511d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEpic and history$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by David Konstan and Kurt A. Raaflaub 210 $aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (458 p.) 225 1 $aThe ancient world, comparative histories 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-118-78511-8 311 $a1-4051-9307-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEpic and History; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Maybe Epic: The Origins and Reception of Sumerian Heroic Poetry; 3 Historical Events and the Process of Their Transformation in Akkadian Heroic Traditions; 4 Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia: In Search of a Local Hero; 5 Manly Deeds: Hittite Admonitory History and Eastern Mediterranean Didactic Epic; 6 Epic and History in the Hebrew Bible: Definitions, "Ethnic Genres," and the Challenges of Cultural Identity in the Biblic 327 $a7 No Contest between Memory and Invention: The Invention of the Pandava Heroes of the Mahabharata 8 From "Imperishable Glory" to History: The Iliad and the Trojan War; 9 Historical Narrative in Archaic and Early Classical Greek Elegy; 10 Fact, Fiction, and Form in Early Roman Epic; 11 The Song and the Sword: Silius' Punica and the Crisis of Early Imperial Epic; 12 The Burden of Mortality: Alexander and the Dead in Persian Epic and Beyond; 13 Slavic Epic: Past Tales and Present Myths; 14 Historicity and Anachronism in Beowulf 327 $a15 The Nibelungenlied - Myth and History: A Middle High German Epic Poem at the Crossroads of Past and Present, Despair and H16 Medieval Epic and History in the Romance Literatures; 17 Roland's Migration from Anglo-Norman Epic to Royal French Chronicle History; 18 A Recurrent Theme of the Spanish Medieval Epic: Complaints and Laments by Noble Women; 19 History in Medieval Scandinavian Heroic Literature and the Northwest European Context; 20 Traditional History in South Slavic Oral Epic; 21 Lord Five Thunder and the 12 Eagles and Jaguars of Rabinal Meet Charlemagne and the 12 Knights of France 327 $a22 History, Myth, and Social Function in Southern African Nguni Praise Poetry 23 Epic and History in the Arabic Tradition; 24 Comments on "Epic and History""; Index 330 $aWith contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.The first book to gain new insights into the topic of 'epic and history' through in-depth cross-cultural comparisons Covers epic traditions across the globe and across a wide range of time periods Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by two internationally regarded scholars An important reference for scholars and studen 410 0$aAncient world--comparative histories. 606 $aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and history 606 $aHistory in literature 615 0$aEpic literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and history. 615 0$aHistory in literature. 676 $a809.132 676 $a810.9 701 $aKonstan$b David$0162250 701 $aRaaflaub$b Kurt A$0154102 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139860203321 996 $aEpic and history$91758084 997 $aUNINA