History of the Epic

Informationen zum Autor ADELINE JOHNS-PUTRA is Lecturer in English at the University of Exeter, UK. She is the author of Heroes and Housewives: Women's Epic Poetry and Domestic Ideology in the Romantic Age (2001), and has also published articles on gender and genre in the Romantic age. Klappentext This book presents a history of the epic from the classical age to the present day. It deals not just with the well-know epics of antiquity and the Renaissance, but also pursues developments in more recent literature and film. It offers an exploration of the changes that have taken place in the genre from Homer to Hollywood. Zusammenfassung This book presents a history of the epic from the classical age to the present day. It deals not just with the well-know epics of antiquity and the Renaissance! but also pursues developments in more recent literature and film. It offers an exploration of the changes that have taken place in the genre from Homer to Hollywood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Glossary Introduction: What is the Epic? The Classical Age: Beginnings The Middle Ages and Renaissance: Epic in the Christian Era The Eighteenth Century: Epic in a Modern World The Nineteenth Century: Epic and the Self The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Modernist Epic The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries: Epic Film Further Reading Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: A Johns-Putra, A. Johns-Putra, Adeline Johns-Putra
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.07.2006
• EAN: 9781403912121
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-1212-1
• Pagine: 288
• Serie: Palgrave Histories of Literature; Palgrave Histories of Literatu; Palgrave Histories of Literature; Palgrave Histories of Literatu
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Renaissance, Homer, Genre, Hollywood, B, Literature, History, Knowledge, Present, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Middle Ages, History of Literature