TY  - BOOK
AU  - Konstan,David
AU  - Raaflaub,Kurt A.
ED  - Wiley InterScience (Online service)
TI  - Epic and history
T2  - The ancient world: comparative histories
SN  - 9781444315639
AV  - PN56.E65 E645 2010
U1  - 809.1/32 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., Malden, MA
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
KW  - Epic literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literature and history
KW  - History in literature
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - Special Interest
KW  - Literary
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Epiek
KW  - gtt
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Geschiedenis (vorm)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Epic and History; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Maybe Epic: The Origins and Reception of Sumerian Heroic Poetry; 3 Historical Events and the Process of Their Transformation in Akkadian Heroic Traditions; 4 Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia: In Search of a Local Hero; 5 Manly Deeds: Hittite Admonitory History and Eastern Mediterranean Didactic Epic; 6 Epic and History in the Hebrew Bible: Definitions, "Ethnic Genres," and the Challenges of Cultural Identity in the Biblic
N2  - With 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.: The first book to gain new insights into the topic of 'epic and history' through in-depth cross-cultural comparisons; Covers epic traditions across the globe and across a wide range of time periods; Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by two internationally regarded scholars; An important reference for scholars and students intereste
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444315639
ER  -