Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity

by Ahuvia Kahane

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This book rethinks the characterization of two highly contrastive forms of ancient literary tradition - epic and novel - and re-frames their function as dynamic points of reference in the history of ideas and in our understanding of the interface between antiquity and the modern. Epic and novel have often been construed in terms of sharp contrasts: temporally, with the epic anchored in the canonical beginnings of classical literature, as...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1350278254

ISBN13:9781350278257

Release Date:July 2025

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:256 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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History Literary Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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