The hero's mortal walls : identity and defenses in early epic and romance /

The heroes of early narrative are the faces of an older world. In constant retellings, their stories hold the memory like members of an extended family. Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Beowulf, Gawain, Roland, Yvain, Genji-in their colorful, often exaggerated ways, they show how the people of their own time an...

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Main Author:	Woods, William F., 1942- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2024].
Subjects:	Heroes in literature. Comparative literature > Oriental and Western. Comparative literature > Western and Oriental. LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical. LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval.