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Epic performances from the Middle Ages into the twenty-first century /

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Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists with a rich storehouse of themes. This volume is the first systematic attempt to chart its afterlife across a range of diverse performance traditions, with analysis ranging widely across time, place, genre and academic and creative dis...

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Other Authors: Macintosh, Fiona, 1959- (Editor), McConnell, Justine (Editor), Harrison, S. J. (Editor), Kenward, Claire (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Epic poetry > Adaptations.
Epic poetry > History and criticism.
Stage adaptations.
Drama, Medieval > Modern presentation.
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Summary:Greek and Roman epic poetry has always provided creative artists with a rich storehouse of themes. This volume is the first systematic attempt to chart its afterlife across a range of diverse performance traditions, with analysis ranging widely across time, place, genre and academic and creative disciplines.
Physical Description:xx, 643 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [573]-618) and index.
ISBN:0198804210
9780198804215
9780192526243
0192526243