Epic
Paul Innes
Routledge
<p>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:</p> <ul> <ul> <p></p></ul> <li>a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien</li> <li>texts from poems, novels, children’s literature, tv, theatre and film </li> <li>themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural. </li> <ul> <p></p></ul></ul> <p>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. </p>