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Albanian and South Slavic Oral Epic Poetry

Book by Stavro Skendi; American Folklore Society, 1954

Subjects:

Epic Poetry, Albanian--History And Criticism, Epic Poetry, Yugoslav--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Albanian and South Slavic Oral Epic Poetry By STAVRO SKENDI PHILADELPHIA...been written about Albanian oral epic poetry and still less about its relationship...known to the West the popular epic poetry of the South Slavs. Under the influence...
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Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil : With a Chapter on the Gilgamesh Poems

Book by Charles Rowan Beye; Bolchazy-Carducci, 2006

Subjects:

Achilles (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Aeneas (Legendary Character) In Literature, Apollonius--Rhodius--Argonautica, Argonauts (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Epic Poetry, Classical--History And Criticism, Homer--Criticism And Interpretation, Odysseus (Greek Mythology) In Literature, Oral-Formulaic Analysis, Trojan War--Literature And The War, Virgil--Aeneis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

ANCIENT EPIC POETRY Homer, Apollonius, Virgil With a...Weeps at the Song of Demodocus Ancient Epic Poetry: Homer, Apollonius, Virgil With a...0-86516-607-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Epic poetry, Classical--History and criticism. 2...
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The Fortunes of Epic Poetry: A Study in English and American Criticism, 1750-1950

Book by Donald M. Foerster; Catholic University of America Press, 1962

Subjects:

Criticism--Great Britain, Criticism--United States, Epic Poetry--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

THE FORTUNES OF EPIC POETRY -ii- THE FORTUNES OF EPIC POETRY A Study in English and American Criticism 1750-1950...even in our age of prose and science the prestige of epic poetry is fully as high as ever? These are not trifling questions...
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Hugh MacDiarmid's Epic Poetry

Book by Alan Riach; Edinburgh University Press, 1991

Subjects:

Epic Poetry, Scottish--History And Criticism, Macdiarmid, Hugh--1892---Criticism And Interpretation, Scotland--In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Hugh MacDiarmids Epic Poetry For my mother and father: Janette Greig...James Alexander Riach Hugh MacDiarmids Epic Poetry ALAN RIACH Edinburgh University...Data Riach, Alan Hugh MacDiarmids epic poetry. I. Title 821 ISBN 0 7486 0257...
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God, Man, & Epic Poetry: A Study in Comparative Literature - Vol. 1

Book by H. V. Routh; Cambridge University Press, 1927

Subjects:

Civilization--History, Epic Poetry--History And Criticism, Fiction, Literature, Comparative, Literature--Philosophy, Religion In Literature

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

GOD, MAN, EPIC POETRY VOLUME I CLASSICAL CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY...Maruzen-Kabushiki-Kaisha All rights reserved GOD, MAN, EPIC POETRY A STUDY IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE...to the origin and evolution of epic poetry 39...

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Sedition, Chartism, and Epic Poetry in Thomas Cooper's the Purgatory of Suicides

Journal article by Stephanie Kuduk; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 39, 2001

Subjects:

English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Political parties--19th century, Prisoners--Literature, Suicide--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Sedition, Chartism, and Epic Poetry in Thomas Coopers The Purgatory...Coopers core techniques for using epic poetry to explain his political moment...the high-canonical discourse of epic poetry. Given the high cultural status...
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The Birth of Poetry and the Creation of a Human World: An Exploration of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Journal article by Bernd Jager; Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, Vol. 32, 2001

Subjects:

Conduct of life--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Epic of Gilgamesh (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Epic poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Kings and rulers--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Mortality--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Wisdom--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

The birth of poetry and the creation of a human world: An exploration of the Epic of Gilgamesh. by Bernd...Sinleqeunnenni version of the epic, we cannot help but be astonished...pottery, weaving or architecture, poetry seems to have sprung to life...
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Restoring the 'Epic of Hou Yi

Journal article by Mori Masako; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 54, 1995

Subjects:

China--Folklore, legends, etc., Epic poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian mythology)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Heroes--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Hou Yi (Chinese mythology)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Middle East--Folklore, legends, etc.

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Restoring the Epic of Hou Yi. by Mori Masako...which might appropriately be called the Epic of Hou Yi - that related his numerous military...the fragmentary sources on Yi with the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest story in the world...
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Written in Blood: The Art of Mothering Epic in the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Journal article by Olivia Gatti Taylor; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 44, 2006

Subjects:

Aurora Leigh (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--Authorship, Browning, Elizabeth Barrett--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The Art of Mothering Epic in the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett...until the nine-book epic is complete, since Aurora...Leigh is "about writing poetry, and it is the kind...the "living art" of epic: even as poetry is nourished by the...
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Glandular Omnism and Beyond: The Victorian Spasmodic Epic

Journal article by Herbert F. Tucker; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 42, 2004

Subjects:

Bailey, Philip James, Kingsley, Charles, Poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Smith, Alexander

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...myth that Romantic poetry privileged lyricism...last, and on an epic scale. It was spasmodism...platform for womens poetry, Barrett Browning executed an epic design that went...Drama is merely an Epic produced under...The Nature of Poetry," in Thoughts on...

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Restoring Nationalism with Verses of a Poem: The Epic Poem 'Manas' Has Captured the Thought, Passion and Imagination of Kyrgyzstan

Magazine article by Mike Tidwell; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, October 23, 1995

Subjects:

Epic poetry--Kyrgyzstan, Folklore and nationalism--Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan--Folklore, legends, etc.

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...verses of a poem: the epic poem Manas has captured...not often that a work of poetry dominates the cultural...million-verse masterwork of native poetry that took a thousand years...For centuries this epic poem was handed down orally...Now in written form, the epic is twice as long as the...
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Keeper of the Keys : Paradise Lost?

Magazine article by Timothy Rake; World and I, Vol. 18, December 2003

Subjects:

Authors, French--Works, Epic poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Epic poetry--Social aspects, Epics--Criticism and interpretation, Epics--Social aspects, French writers--Works, Miraio (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Mistral, Frederic--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...Provences poet laureate, as well as for those few who indulge in epic storytelling, is the preservation of a way of life. In Miraio...say in one language that you just cant say in another." If poetry is whats missing in the translation, its not only in the struggle...
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Bocage 1789

Magazine article by William Baer; National Review, Vol. 61, July 20, 2009

Subjects:

Camoes, Luis de--Travel, Camoes, Luis de--Works, Epic poetry--Authorship, Epics--Authorship, Poets--Travel, Poets--Works

Collections: Entire Library

...this momentary peace four thousand miles from Lisbon and home, where Camoes once came to write his masterpiece, some sonnets, but, most important, the epic poem, and maybe on this beach, calm and serene, he wrote, "Love is a fire that burns unseen."
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Second Puberty: The Later Years of W. B. Yeats Brought His Best Poetry, along with Personal Melodrama on an Epic Scale

Magazine article by Christopher Cahill; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, December 2003

Subjects:

W.B. Yeats: A Life Volume II: The Arch-Poet, 1915-1939 (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...W. B. Yeats Brought His Best Poetry, along with Personal Melodrama on an Epic Scale. by Christopher...used it up as a subject for poetry. Much has been made of Yeatss...there to bring him metaphors for poetry. And so there remains the...
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Alice Notley's Epic Entry: "An Ecstasy of Finding Another Way of Being."

Magazine article by Susan Mccabe; The Antioch Review, Vol. 56, Summer 1998

Subjects:

Narrative poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Notley, Alice--Criticism and interpretation, Women authors--Criticism and interpretation, Women poets--Criticism and interpretation, Women writers--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Alice Notleys Epic Entry: "An Ecstasy of...over sixteen volumes of poetry, she has marked herself...Alettes crisis, and of the epic itself. Even after the...and for the future of poetry: Dream is the ocean...Alette, very much a new epic hero, declares: "Im...

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Epic Poetry

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 7, 2008

Subjects:

Thomas, Gwyn

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Epic Poetry. Byline: By JILL TUNSTALL AS National...compliment," he chuckles. At 3,560ft, his poetry will also be the highest in Wales as it...order to qualify for European funding. The poetry will also have one of the largest audiences...
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Poetry Takes Up Pole Position; the Ice Men Cometh: Polar Explorers Johansen (Mark Addy) and Nansen (Jasper Britton)

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 14, 2008

Subjects:

Poetry, Poets

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...about the desecrationof his parents grave. His work is human, but always on an epic scale. No surprise, then, that hislatest play turns out to be a defence of poetry and the word, told through afeat of physical enduranceFridtjof Nansens 1895 expedition...
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An Epic WELSHMAN

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 16, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...universitys efforts to build a home for the English faculty; he has also been a guiding light in Comic Relief appeals and championed poetry reading. Business triumphs: The sale of his production company, Talkback, is purported to have made him one of the wealthiest...
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'I Thought My Troy Would Never Be Made'; as His Epic Film Opens, Director Wolfgang Petersen Reveals the Homeric Effort That Went into Its Making

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 13, 2004

Subjects:

Petersen, Wolfgang, Pitt, Brad

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...ALL directors hope their filmography will read like Homers epic list of mighty ships. Wolfgang Petersen has a special ambition...to an audience which tends to be young and ignorant of this poetry and who - unlike its first audience - may not automatically...
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An Ovid for Our Time: Ted Hughes' Take on the Roman Epic

Newspaper article by Kevin Driscoll; The Washington Times, December 28, 1997

Subjects:

Hughes, Ted

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...thwarted by the latters taste for poetry, which manifested itself early...success in a poets career was an epic that might stand on the shelf...considerable skills - for the epic, as Virgil so brilliantly demonstrated...than alter his style to fit the epic form, Mr. Slavitt writes, Ovid...

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Poetry

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...hymn ; lyric ; ode ; pastoral ; sonnet . For narrative poetry, see chansons de geste ; epic ; idyl ; romance . Dramatic poetry is incidentally treated in the articles drama, Western ; and tragedy . See also articles on individual...
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Muses

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of love; Polyhymnia (or Polymnia), of oratory or sacred poetry; Clio, of history...
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Zeyer, Julius

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...nostalgic, and mystical, Zeyer wrote ornate, almost decadent epic poetry based on ancient and medieval legends of many lands. His...and Mahulena (1898, tr. 1923), are celebrated as lyric poetry but are theatrically unsuccessful. See study by R. Pynsent...
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Russian Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the level of great epic poetry. The first written...their nonconformist poetry. Voznesensky was...writers. Pasternaks epic novel Doctor Zhivago...in their prose and poetry. Bibliography...M. Slonim, The Epic of Russian Literature...
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Homer

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...together constitute the prototype for all subsequent Western epic poetry. The "Homeric question" was the great dispute of scholarship...repr. 1974); C. R. Beye, The Iliad, the Odyssey and the Epic Tradition (1966, repr. 1976); G. S. Kirk, The Songs...

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