| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 441 pages) |
| Contents |
Homer and the early epic tradition / Bruno Currie -- Homer's religion : philological perspectives from Indo-European and Semitic / Simon Pulleyn -- Homer and Herodotus / Christopher Pelling -- Hellenistic epic and Homeric form / Gregory Hutchinson -- The Aeneid : inheritance and empire / Rebecca Armstrong -- The epic and the monuments : interactions between Virgil's Aeneid and the Augustan building programme / Stephen Harrison -- Augustan responses to the Aeneid / Matthew Robinson -- Statius and the sublimity of Capaneus / Matthew Leigh -- Achilles, Byrhtnoth, and Cú Chulainn : continuity and analogy from Homer to the medieval north / Michael Clarke -- Quantum Mutatus ab Illo : moments of change and recognition in Tasso and Milton / Emily Wilson |
| Summary |
This collection of chapters, written by former pupils of his, celebrates the career of Jasper Griffin, one of the foremost modern scholars of classical epic. The book surveys the epic tradition from the 8th century BC to the 19th century AD. Individual chapters focus on: Homer and the oral epic tradition; Homer in his religious context; Herodotus and Homer; Hellenistic epic; Virgil in his literary context; Virgil in his political-cultural context; the Augustan poets and the Aeneid; Statius' Thebaid; Old English and Old Irish epic; Renaissance epic: Tasso and Milton; and the Victorians. The aim of the book is to situate writers of epic in their literary and cultural contexts — the essence of the term ‘interaction’ in the title. The chapters singly offer insights into some of the foundational poems of the European epic tradition and together take a bold, holistic look at that tradition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-412) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Homer -- Criticism and interpretation
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Homer -- Influence
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Virgil -- Criticism and interpretation
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Griffin, Jasper.
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Griffin, Jasper |
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Homer |
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Virgil |
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Epic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General.
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Epic poetry, Classical
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Essays.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Clarke, Michael (Michael J.)
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Currie, Bruno.
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Lyne, R. O. A. M.
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| ISBN |
9780191534782 |
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0191534781 |
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9780191706011 |
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0191706019 |
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