Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World
Subtitle: The Poetics of Community (Joan Palevsky Book in Classical Literature)
Contributors: Margaret Beissinger (Editor); Jane Tylus (Editor); Susanne Wofford (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: March 31, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780520210370
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Poetry & poets; Literary Collections; Literary History And Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature And Society; Literary Criticism; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Epic literature; Essays; History and criticism
First sentence: One of very few scholars who can speak authoritatively of both oral and written epic traditions, Gregory Nagy confronts the supposed divide between these traditions in this brief and suggestive exploration into the origins of the epic genre.