Short Epics

Author : Maffeo Vegio
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674044614

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Short epics by Maffeo Vegio Pdf

Maffeo Vegio (1407-1458) was the outstanding Latin poet of the first half of the fifteenth century. This volume includes Book XIII of Vergil's Aeneid, Vegio's famous continuation of the Roman epic, which was extremely popular in the later Renaissance, printed many times and translated into every major European language (and even into Scottish). It also contains three other epic works: Astyanax, based on an episode in the Iliad; The Golden Fleece (Vellum Aureum); and Antonias, a short epic based on the life of Saint Anthony of Egypt. Antonias is the first Christian epic of the Renaissance, a precursor of Milton's Paradise Lost. This volume contains the first modern editions of the Latin text of Antonias and Astyanax. Table of Contents: Introduction Book XIII of the Aeneid Astyanax The Golden Fleece Antoniad Appendix Note on the Text Notes to the Text Notes to the Translation Bibliography Index

Author : Manuel Baumbach,Silvio Bär
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004233058

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Brill’s Companion to Greek and Latin Epyllion and Its Reception by Manuel Baumbach,Silvio Bär Pdf

In classical scholarship of the past two centuries, the term “epyllion” was used to label short hexametric texts mainly ascribable to the Hellenistic period (Greek) or the Neoterics (Latin). Apart from their brevity, characteristics such as a predilection for episodic narration or female characters were regarded as typically “epyllic” features. However, in Antiquity itself, the texts we call “epyllia” were not considered a coherent genre, which seems to be an innovation of the late 18th century. The contributions in this book not only re-examine some important (and some lesser known) Greek and Latin primary texts, but also critically reconsider the theoretical discourses attached to it, and also sketch their literary and scholarly reception in the Byzantine and Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Modern Age.

Author : James Bailey,Tatyana Ivanova
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317476931

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An Anthology of Russian Folk Epics by James Bailey,Tatyana Ivanova Pdf

An extensive introduction provides basic information about Russian epics, their historical background, their poetics, the history of their collection, their performance context, and their main interpretations. In addition, their is a short introduction to each song, explaining its plot, allusions, and interpretations. A glossary of common terms and a selected bibliography of studies about the Russian epic in English and Russian are also included in the volume.

Author : Ritchie Robertson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199571581

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Mock-Epic Poetry from Pope to Heine by Ritchie Robertson Pdf

A study of eighteenth- and early nineteeenth-century poetry in English, French and German, focusing on the mock epic (from Pope's Dunciad to Byron's Don Juan) as a critique of serious epic poetry and also as a literary means of exploring a wide range of sexual and religious issues in a humorous style.

Author : William Paton Ker
Publisher : London Macmillan 1897.
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Epic poetry
ISBN : BSB:BSB11167688

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Epic and Romance by William Paton Ker Pdf

Author : Lauri Honko
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110874556

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Religion, Myth and Folklore in the World's Epics by Lauri Honko Pdf

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems– both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Author : Oren Cohen Roman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110740899

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Joshua and Judges in Yiddish Verse by Oren Cohen Roman Pdf

Mit Band 5 präsentiert die Reihe Jiddistik: Edition & Forschung erstmals in einer kommentierten wissenschaftlichen Edition vier altjiddische Versepen aus dem sechzehnten Jahrhundert, die nur in historischen Einzelexemplaren erhalten sind. Diese Werke sind typisch für das einst populäre Genre der altjiddischen Bibelepik. Die Erzählungen greifen auf Stoffe der jüdischen Quellen zum Buch Josua und dem Buch der Richter zurück; sie adaptieren Stil- und Formelemente der mittelalterlichen deutschsprachigen Heldenliteratur und erweitern den biblischen Stoff um Passagen, welche die kulturellen Umstände ihrer Entstehung, vermutlich im deutschen und italienischen Sprachraum, widerspiegeln. Da diese Werke zu den frühesten Beispielen biblischer Versepen in jiddischer Sprache gehören, berührt deren Analyse auch die Ursprünge dieser Gattung und zeichnet ihren Weg von der Mündlichkeit zur Schriftlichkeit nach. Die kommentierte Edition präsentiert das Original im Älteren Jiddisch zusammen mit einer englischsprachigen Einführung.

Author : M. Marjorie Crump
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429574702

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The Epyllion by M. Marjorie Crump Pdf

Published in 1931: The Epyllion From Theocritus to Ovid discusses Greek Epics along with extracts of Poems.

Author : Frederick Apthorp Paley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Epic poetry, Greek
ISBN : OXFORD:590749917

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Remarks on Prof. Mahaffy's Account of the Rise and Progress of Epic Poetry, in His History of Classical Greek Literature by Frederick Apthorp Paley Pdf

Author : Franco Moretti
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691127187

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The Novel, Volume 1 by Franco Moretti Pdf

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Author : Jane Chance
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781532688935

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Medieval Mythography, Volume One by Jane Chance Pdf

The mythic world of Juno, Jupiter's consort, is one of flesh and begetting, of suffering and death, and of poetry itself. Exploring the relationship between that realm of the classical gods and the sphere of medieval mythographers, Jane Chance illuminates the efforts of medieval writers to understand human existence and the forces of nature in relation to Christian truth.

Author : Karl Reichl
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351123761

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Routledge Revivals: Turkic Oral Epic Poetry (1992) by Karl Reichl Pdf

Originally published in 1992, Turkic Oral Poetry provides an expert introduction to the oral epic traditions of the Turkic peoples of central Asia. The book seeks to remedy the problem of non-specialists’ lack of access to information on the Turkic traditions, and in the process, it provides scholars in various disciplines with material for comparative investigation. The book focuses on "central traditions" of this region, specifically those of the Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Karakalpak’s, and Kirghiz and looks at the historical and linguistic background to a survey of the earliest documents, portraits of the singers and of performance considerations of genre, story-patterns, and formulaic diction, and discussions of "composition in performance", memory, rhetoric and diffusion.

Author : Romesh Chunder Dutt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136384974

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Lays of Ancient India by Romesh Chunder Dutt Pdf

First published in 2000. This is Volume III of fourteen of a series on India- its language and literature. Collated in 1894, this is selection of ancient Indian poetry that has been translated into English. They have been chosen for their representation of the genre - the freshness and simplicity of the Vedic Hymns, the sublime and lofty thought of the Upanishads, the unsurpassed beauty of Buddhist precepts, and the incomparable richness and imagery of the later or classical Sanscrit poetry.

Author : Romesh Chunder Dutt
Publisher : London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : English poetry
ISBN : NYPL:33433081852273

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Lays of Ancient India by Romesh Chunder Dutt Pdf

Author : Peter Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781351562003

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Ismail Kadare by Peter Morgan Pdf

Ismail Kadare has experienced a life of controversy. In his own country and internationally he has been both acclaimed as a writer and condemned as a lackey of the Albanian socialist dictatorship. Coming of age after occupation and war, Kadare (b. 1936) belonged to the first generation of new Albanians. In a land where writers were routinely imprisoned, Kadare produced the most brilliant and subversive works to emerge from socialist Eastern Europe. His work brings to an end the century whose literary beginnings were marked by the terror to which Kafka gave his name. The inaugural award of the International Man-Booker Prize for Literature in 2005 marked an important milestone in the global recognition of Kadare. Ironic, multi-layered and imaginative, Kadare's writing is profoundly opposed to ideology. Through critical analysis of a representative selection of Kadare's works, Peter Morgan explains for a wide audience how Kadare survived and wrote in the repressive Albanian Stalinist environment. Peter Morgan is Professor of European Studies at the University of Western Australia.