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Epic - Form, Content, and History

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Informationen zum Autor Frederick Turner Klappentext "Epic" defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action. "Epic" illustrates that these ingredients of epic storytelling are universal cultural elements. Zusammenfassung Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1: The Epic Storyteller; 2: The Creation Myth; 3: The Hero; 4: The Quest; 5: Kinship Troubles; 6: Natural Man and the Fall; 7: The Descent into the Underworld; 8: The Founding of the City; 9: The History of the People; 10: Setting an Example; 11: A New Medium of Communication; 12: Conclusion: Epic Form and Epic Content

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Authors Frederick Turner
Publisher Transaction Publishers
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 15.12.2012
 
EAN 9781412849449
ISBN 978-1-4128-4944-9
No. of pages 338
Dimensions 241 mm x 171 mm x 19 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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