The Cambridge companion to the epic / edited by Catherine Bates.

"Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. Epic poetry has always had a profound influence on other literary genres, including its own parody in the form of mock-epic. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Ep...

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Uniform Title:Cambridge companions to literature.
Other Authors: Bates, Catherine, 1964-
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:Cambridge companions to literature.
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Physical Description:xiv, 279 pages.
Format: Book
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