Somewhere I have never travelled : the hero's journey / / Thomas van Nortwick
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| Autore: |
Van Nortwick Thomas <1946->
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| Titolo: |
Somewhere I have never travelled : the hero's journey / / Thomas van Nortwick
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (221 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 809.13 |
| 883/.0109352 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Epic poetry, Classical - History and criticism |
| Split self in literature | |
| Heroes in literature | |
| Travel in literature | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-197) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction: Metaphors; 1. The Wild Man: The Epic of Gilgamesh; 2. Into Prison: The Iliad (1); 3. Not Alone: The Iliad (2); 4. Deserts of the Heart: The Aeneid (1); 5. Another Achilles: The Aeneid (2); 6. Buried Selves: The Aeneid (3); Afterword: Metaphor Revisited; Further Reading; Bibliographical Essay; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Exploring the hero's journey as a metaphor for spiritual evolution, this work offers a close reading of three major works of epic poetry: the ""Epic of Gilgamesh"", Homer's ""Iliad"" and Virgil's ""Aeneid"". It serves as an introduction to the central themes and historical development of the epic form. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Somewhere I have never travelled |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52845-1 |
| 0-19-535641-1 | |
| 1-4294-0675-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784602103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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