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Reading Epic

Reading Epic

Peter Toohey

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
1992
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Historia antigua: hasta c. 500 e. c.
ISBN:
9780415042277

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This survey offers guidance through the major classical writers of epic to readers new to the subject: it begins with Homer and concludes with an overview of the development of late ancient epic and the interface between epic and the novel.

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