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Epic ambitions in modern times : from Paradise Lost to the new millennium /

<I>Epic Ambitions in Modern Times</i> seeks neither to be a comprehensive history of the modern epic nor to construct a theoretical framework for understanding how epics work. Its twelve chapters range from a consideration of the final books of <i>Paradise Lost</i> to an asse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Crossley, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Anthem Press, 2022.
Series:Anthem world epic and romance.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • <P>Chapter 1: Whatever Happened to the Epic?; Chapter 2: Leaving Paradise; Chapter 3: An Epic Told in Letters; Chapter 4: Prospects and Living Pictures; Chapter 5: Analyzing a Soul; Chapter 6: Epic Heroinism; Chapter 7: Cinematic Spectacle and the Hero; Chapter 8: Paradise Sought: The African American Odyssey; Chapter 9: Imaginary History and Epic Fantasy; Chapter 10: The Epic in Future Tense; Chapter 11: Heaven and Hell Reimagined; Chapter 12: Translating and Recentering Old Epics. </p>