The History of the Epic

ISBN: 9781403912121

出版社: Palgrave Macmillan

出版年: 2006-7

页数: 288

定价: $ 124.30

装帧: HRD

内容简介

This is a narrative history of the development of the genre from antiquity into the present day. The volume parallels the development of the epic with wider historical and cultural developments, providing detailed readings of key texts, and, while structured chronologically, tracing a series of themes through the development of the genre.