Epic
Subtitle: form, content, and history
By: Frederick Turner
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Subjects: Epic literature; Literature and society; Myth in literature; Literary form; Human behavior in literature; History and criticism; History
Notes: "A bibliography of epic texts": p.     .

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The epic story teller; title: The creation myth; title: The hero; title: The quest; title: Kinship troubles; title: Natural man and the Fall; title: The descent into  the underworld; title: The founding of the city; title: The history of the people; title: Setting an example; title: A new medium of communication; title: Epic form and epic content.