Epic: Form, Content, and History

ISBN-13: 9781138509641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 384 str.

Frederick Turner

Opis

Epic does many things. Among others, it defines the nature of the human storyteller; recalls the creation of the world and of the human race; describes the paradoxical role of the hero as both the Everyman and the radical exception; and establishes the complex quest underlying all human action

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: The Epic Storyteller; 2: The Creation Myth; 3: The Hero; 4: The Quest; 5: Kinship Troubles; 6: Natural Man and the Fall; 7: The Descent into the Underworld; 8: The Founding of the City; 9: The History of the People; 10: Setting an Example; 11: A New Medium of Communication; 12: Conclusion: Epic Form and Epic Content

O autorze

Frederick Turner