Heroes, Gods and the Role of Epiphany in English Epic Poetry

Häftad, Engelska, 2008

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This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. It begins with three chapters on ancient poetry (including The Iliad and The Odyssey, the Mahabharata, the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Aeneid and the Bhagavad Gita). Subsequent chapters take up the main subject of the book, examining the evolution of English epic poetry from the anonymous Old English Beowulf to Spenser's The Faerie Queen, Milton's Paradise Lost, Blake's Milton, Wordsworth's The Prelude, Barett Browning's Aurora Leigh and Derek Walcott's 1990 poem Omeros.

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Utgivningsdatum2008-07-30
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor210
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786435418

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Table of ContentsPreface 1. Epiphany and the Western Epic Tradition 2. The “Duty” Theme in the Epic Tradition 3. Epic Individualism 4. Beowulf and Sub-liminal Epic Epiphany 5. Epiphany and the Rhetoric of (Dis)Enchantment in Spenser’s Faerie Queene 6. Paradise Lost and the Resimplification of Epic Epiphany 7. William Blake and the Personal Epic Fantastic 8. Wordsworth’s Spots of Time: Romantic Epiphany and Nature Spectacular 9. Aurora Leigh: Victorian Epic and Woman’s Social Epiphany 10. Walcott’s Omeros: Postmodern/Postcolonial Epic Epiphanies A Postscript on Tolkien and the Epic Novel, and a Conclusion Chapter Notes Bibliography Index