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Examining a diverse array of texts from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's Osmeros, from the Homeric epics to H.D.'s Helen in Egypt, this book develops a broadened, inclusive tradition of epic poetry, demonstrating the continuities of that tradition across dramatic discontinuities in time, place, worldview, and technology.

Recursive Desire Rereading Epic Tradition

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    A Paperback by Jeremy M. Downes


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      Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
      Publication Date: 11/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780817358181, 978-0817358181
      ISBN10: 0817358188
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      Literary studies: poetry and poets

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      Book Synopsis
      Examining a diverse array of texts from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's Osmeros, from the Homeric epics to H.D.'s Helen in Egypt, this book develops a broadened, inclusive tradition of epic poetry, demonstrating the continuities of that tradition across dramatic discontinuities in time, place, worldview, and technology.

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