Epic - Britain''s Heroic Muse 1790-1910

Zusatztext Tucker's Epic is by any measure a great achievement; for students of Victorian poetry, it is the book of the year-or more. Tucker offers a richly arresting narrative of the passage from the Enlightenment to Modernism ... Offering an unmatched analytical portrait of nineteenth-century epic, and cast in humane, engaging prose, this book advances a renovated literary history that we all have need of hearing. Klappentext Literary history has conventionally viewed Milton as the last real practitioner of the epic in English verse. Herbert Tucker's spirited book shows that the British tradition of epic poetry was unbroken from the French Revolution to World War I. Zusammenfassung Literary history has conventionally viewed Milton as the last real practitioner of the epic in English verse. Herbert Tucker's spirited book shows that the British tradition of epic poetry was unbroken from the French Revolution to World War I.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Herbert F. Tucker, Herbert F. (John C. Coleman Professor of E Tucker, Herbert F. (John C. Coleman Professor of English Tucker, Tucker Herbert F.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 29.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199232994
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923299-4
• Pages: 752
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets