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Author:

Toohey, Peter, 1951-

Title:

Reading epic : an introduction to the ancient narratives / Peter Toohey.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

1992

Description:

xiii, 248 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Epic poetry, Classical--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.
Epic poetry, Classical--History and criticism.
History, Ancient, in literature.
Literature and history--Greece.
Literature and history--Rome.
Mythology, Classical, in literature.
Narration (Rhetoric)
Rhetoric, Ancient.
Epic poetry
Greek poetry
Latin poetry

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-241) and index.

Contents:

Epic : the genre, its characteristics -- Homer, Iliad -- Homer, Odyssey -- Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica -- Beginning epic in Rome -- The Alexandrian miniature epic -- Virgil, Aeneid -- Ovid, Metamorphoses -- Lucan, the Civil war -- Roman epic and the emperor Domitian -- Ends and beginnings : late ancient epic.

ISBN:

9780415042284 (pbk.)
0415042283 (pbk.)
9780415042277
0415042275

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25367553
(OCoLC)28255286

LCCN:

92007032

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)