Epic interactions

Epic interactions: perspectives on Homer, Virgil, and the epic tradition: presented to Jasper Griffin by former pupils
edited by M. J. Clarke, B. G. F. Currie, and R. O. A. M. Lyne
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
ISBN: 0199276307   ISBN13: 9780199276301   DDC: 809.132   LCC: PA3022   Edition: (alk. paper)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-412) and indexes.

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 Cڳu 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.

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Classification:

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Dewey Class: 809.132 -- Literary history & criticism
LCC Number: PA3022

Book Details:

Language: eng
Physical Description: xiii, 441 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition Info: (alk. paper)

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