Title: Epic
Description: "This student guidebook offers a clear introduction to an often complex and unwieldy area of literary studies. Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses: a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien ; texts from poems, novels, children's literature, tv, theatre and film ; themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural. Offering new directions for the future and addressing the place of epic in both English-language texts and World Literature, this handy book takes you on a fascinating guided tour through the epic."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Animated films, Forest animals, Juvenile films, Bien y mal, Drama, Imaginary places, Películas cinematográficas juveniles, Héroes, Heroes, Good and evil, Literature and history, Epic literature, history and criticism, Epic films, Epic literature, History and criticism, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Literary, Epos