Epic

Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary epic and pointing towards the future, this volume discusses:_x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_ a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien_x005F_x000D_ texts from poems, novels, children’s literature, tv, theatre and film_x005F_x000D_ themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural. _x005F_x000D_ _x005F_x000D_