{"product_id":"epic-and-history-9781405193078","title":"Epic and History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The reader will surely find useful and insightful comparative material in all the essays.\" \u003ci\u003e(\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBryn Mawr Classical Review,\u003c\/i\u003e February 2011)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \"I would recommend this volume both for scholars of epic and heroic literature (especially if they have interests in comparative literature or in questions of orality and historicity), who will no doubt enjoy its generally succinct essays with pertinent bibliography for each tradition.\" (Bmcreview, 9 February 2011)  \u003cp\u003e\"Essential. Graduate students and researches.\" (Choice, October 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Konstan and Kurt A. Raaflaub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Maybe Epic: The Origins and Reception of Sumerian Heroic Poetry 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePiotr Michalowski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Historical Events and the Process of Their Transformation in Akkadian Heroic Traditions 26\u003cbr\u003e Joan Goodnick Westenholz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia: In Search of a Local Hero 51\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAmir Gilan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Manly Deeds: Hittite Admonitory History and Eastern Mediterranean Didactic Epic 66\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary R. Bachvarova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Epic and History in the Hebrew Bible: Definitions, “Ethnic Genres,” and the Challenges of Cultural Identity\u003cbr\u003e in the Biblical Book of Judges 86\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Niditch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 No Contest between Memory and Invention: The Invention of the Pa08ava Heroes of the MahAbhArata 103\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames L. Fitzgerald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 From “Imperishable Glory” to History: The Iliad and the Trojan War 122\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonas Grethlein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Historical Narrative in Archaic and Early Classical Greek Elegy 145\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEwen Bowie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Fact, Fiction, and Form in Early Roman Epic 167\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSander M. Goldberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Song and the Sword: Silius’s Punica and the Crisis of Early Imperial Epic 185\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaymond D. Marks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Burden of Mortality: Alexander and the Dead in Persian Epic and Beyond 212\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlga M. Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Slavic Epic: Past Tales and Present Myths 223\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusana Torres Prieto\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Historicity and Anachronism in Beowulf 243\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeoffrey Russom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Nibelungenlied – Myth and History: A Middle High German Epic Poem at the Crossroads of Past and Present, Despair and Hope 262\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlbrecht Classen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Medieval Epic and History in the Romance Literatures 280\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoseph J. Duggan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Roland’s Migration from Anglo-Norman Epic to Royal French Chronicle History 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichel-André Bossy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Recurrent Theme of the Spanish Medieval Epic: Complaints and Laments by Noble Women 310\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMercedes Vaquero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 History in Medieval Scandinavian Heroic Literature and the Northwest European Context 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert D. Fulk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Traditional History in South Slavic Oral Epic 347\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Miles Foley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Lord Five Thunder and the 12 Eagles and Jaguars of Rabinal Meet Charlemagne and the 12 Knights of France 362\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDennis Tedlock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 History, Myth, and Social Function in Southern African Nguni Praise Poetry 381\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Whitaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Epic and History in the Arabic Tradition 392\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDwight F. Reynolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Comments on “Epic and History” 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDean Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 425\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039414780247,"sku":"9781405193078","price":116.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405193078.jpg?v=1750943622","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/epic-and-history-9781405193078","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}