1991, ISBN: 9780520068148

Eidos ; 3. VIII, 192 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT)… Mehr…

Eidos ; 3. VIII, 192 p. Original cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Bleached spine on jacket, otherwise very good and clean. / Verblichener Rücken des Schutzumschlags, sonst sehr gut und sauber. - The concept of genre, in the sense of the major categories of literature, remains one of the basic tools of criticism: everyone has some idea of what is tragedy, comedy, or even lyric poetry. But the idea of epic is elusive. The classical tradition of epic poetry emerged from the heroic poetry of one tribe of one people, the Ionian Greeks. The fame of the Iliad and Odyssey inspired emulators and created a genre which remained in high favor throughout the classical epoch and was revived in the Renaissance. Modem literature, however, has neglected it and the word epic no longer connotes a literary form. J. B. Hainsworth explores the development of the epic genre, the causes of its success in classical literature, and the reasons for the failure of the genre after its triumphs in the Renaissance. The idea of epic, Hainsworth argues, is composite. As the offspring of a tradition of heroic poetry, it is a narrative of historical or fictional events. However, the Homeric epics try to make sense of events by relating them to some theme, for example heroism, and explaining them in terms of a metaphysical idea such as destiny or the will of God. In the literary epic of the classical period the narrative element divided into historical and mythological forms; authors exploited national, political, and romantic themes. Hains-worth examines the way in which these ideas intersect in classical criticism and in Hellenistic and Roman epic. Hainsworth demonstrates that after its first flowering the epic became an artificial literary form justified by the authority of the Homeric poems; what defined an epic poem was a recognizable relationship of the form to its primary exemplars. The poets of the classical tradition were aware of this relationship even when they added or subtracted from the Homeric conception. When the poetic form was abandoned the idea of epic dissolved, leaving as its ghost the expression in other forms of the metaphysical ideas of the Greek and Roman epics. - J. B. Hainsworth is Professor of Classics at New College, Oxford. ISBN 9780520068148 Versand D: 4,50 EUR , [PU:Berkeley ; Los Angeles ; Oxford : University of California Press,]<

1992, ISBN: 9780520068148

University of California Press, Hardcover, 200 Seiten, Publiziert: 1992-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.06 kg, Literary Theory & Movements, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Cr… Mehr…

University of California Press, Hardcover, 200 Seiten, Publiziert: 1992-07-01T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.06 kg, Literary Theory & Movements, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Subjects, Books, Poetry & Poets, Classical, Early & Medieval, By Period, Epics, Genres, Press & Journalism, Media & Communication Industries, Communication Studies, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Ancient Greek, Classics & Ancient History, Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate & Postgraduate, 3e708b60-20fb-41e8-a18d-05c77fb89b4c_6901, 3e708b60-20fb-41e8-a18d-05c77fb89b4c_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Literature & Drama, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, University of California Press, 1992<

1991, ISBN: 9780520068148

University of California Press, 1991-01-11. Hardcover. Good., University of California Press, 1991-01-11, 2.5