Heroes, gods and the role of epiphany in English epic poetry /

"This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. The work begins with three chapters on ancient poetry"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Risden, Edward L., 1957-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2008]
Subjects:	Epic poetry, English > History and criticism. Heroes in literature. Gods in literature. Epiphany in literature.

Table of Contents:

Epiphany and the Western epic tradition
The "duty" theme in the epic tradition
Epic individualism
Beowulf and sub-liminal epic epiphany
Epiphany and the rhetoric of (dis)enchantment in Spenser's Faerie queene
Paradise lost and the resimplification of epic epiphany
William Blake and the personal epic fantastic
Wordsworth's spots of time: romantic epiphany and nature spectacular
Aurora Leigh: Victorian epic and woman's social epiphany
Walcott's Omeros: postmodern/postcolonial epic epiphanies.