| Description |
x, 433 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Literature in history |
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Literature in history (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-426) and index. |
| Contents |
Epic and empire: versions of actium -- Repetition and ideology in the Aeneid -- The epic curse and Camōes' adamastor -- Epics of the defeated: the other tradition of Lucan, Ercilla, and d'Aubigné -- Political allegory in the Gerusalemme liberata -- Tasso, Milton, and the boat of romance -- Paradise lost and the fall of the English commonwealth -- David's census: Milton's politics and Paradise regained -- Ossian, medieval "epic", and Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky. |
| Subject |
Epic poetry -- History and criticism.
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Literature and history.
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Literary form.
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| Indexed Term |
Epic poetry |
| ISBN |
0691069425 (CL. : acid-free paper) : $49.50 |
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9780691069425 (CL. : acid-free paper) |
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0691015201 (PA. : acid-free paper) : $16.95 |
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9780691015200 (PA. : acid-free paper) |
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