Epic

Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary epic and pointing towards the future, this volume discusses:

• a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and Tolkien
• texts from poems, novels, childrens literature, tv, theatre and film
• themes and motifs such as romance, tragedy, religion, journeys and the supernatural.