Epic and history /

With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.: The first book to gain new insights into the topic of 'epi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Konstan, David, Raaflaub, Kurt A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Colección:Ancient world--comparative histories.
Temas:
Epic literature > History and criticism.
Literature and history.
History in literature.
Littérature épique > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et histoire.
Histoire dans la littérature.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Epic literature
History in literature
Literature and history
Epiek.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Epic and History; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Maybe Epic: The Origins and Reception of Sumerian Heroic Poetry; 3 Historical Events and the Process of Their Transformation in Akkadian Heroic Traditions; 4 Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia: In Search of a Local Hero; 5 Manly Deeds: Hittite Admonitory History and Eastern Mediterranean Didactic Epic; 6 Epic and History in the Hebrew Bible: Definitions, "Ethnic Genres," and the Challenges of Cultural Identity in the Biblic.

Ejemplares similares