num_pages: 261
description: Examines both Western and Japanese epic traditions to argue for a new concept of the epic--an epic of peace, toward which the genre is evolving globally.
language: English
title: Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic
titlecomplete: Epic Grandeur: Toward a Comparative Poetics of the Epic (SUNY series, The Margins of Literature)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: State University of New York Press