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This Student Guidebook Offers A Clear Introduction To An Often Complex And Unwieldy Area Of Literary Studies. Tracing Epic From Its Ancient And Classical Roots Through Postmodern And Contemporary Examples This Volume Discusses: A Wide Range Of Writers Including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott And Tolkien; Texts From Poems, Novels, Children's Literature, Tv, Theatre And Film; Themes And Motifs Such As Romance, Tragedy, Religion, Journeys And The Supernatural. Offering New Directions For The Future And Addressing The Place Of Epic In Both English-language Texts And World Literature, This Handy Book Takes You On A Fascinating Guided Tour Through The Epic.--publisher's Website. Epic Literary History -- Ancient And Classical Epic -- From The Heroic Towards Romance And Allegory -- The Renaissance And The Early Novel -- Epic In The Age Of The Individual. Paul Innes. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [163]-170) And Index.