Epic Traditions in the Contemporary World
Subtitle: The Poetics of Community (Joan Palevsky Imprint 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: Paperback
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780520210387
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Poetry & poets; Literary Collections; Essays; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Poetry; Literary Criticism; Literature and society; General; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Epic literature; 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.