Epic, Novel and the Progress of Antiquity

by Ahuvia Kahane

Book Overview

This book rethinks the characterization of two highly contrastive forms of ancient literary tradition - epic and novel - and re-frames their function as dynamic points of reference in the history of ideas and in our understanding of the interface between antiquity and the modern. Epic and novel have often been construed in terms of sharp contrasts: temporally, with the epic anchored in the canonical beginnings of classical literature, as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0715636774
• ISBN13: 9780715636770
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages