The epic voice:

All five of the epics discussed in this volume came to serve as the basis for an ethnic and national tradition of history, religion, and literature documenting, sometimes encyclopedically, the crucially formative events of a people's early collective experience. A sequential study of these stor...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. Praeger 2002
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Hampshire studies in the humanities
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Summary:All five of the epics discussed in this volume came to serve as the basis for an ethnic and national tradition of history, religion, and literature documenting, sometimes encyclopedically, the crucially formative events of a people's early collective experience. A sequential study of these stories will invite and provoke comparative questions and discussions of similar or parallel images, episodes, cultural values, narrative strategies, and poetic forms.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:157 p. ill, maps : 25 cm
ISBN:0275976041
027597605X

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