Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has
produced epic poems. Epic poetry has always had a profound
influence on other literary genres, including its own parody in the
form of mock-epic. This Companion surveys over four thousand years
of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek
Walcott's postcolonial Omeros. The list of epic poets analysed here
includes some of the greatest writers in literary history in Europe
and beyond: Homer, Virgil, Dante, Camoes, Spenser, Milton,
Wordsworth, Keats and Pound, among others. Each essay, by an expert
in the field, pays close attention to the way these writers have
intimately influenced one another to form a distinctive and
cross-cultural literary tradition. Unique in its coverage of the
vast scope of that tradition, this book is an essential companion
for students of literature of all kinds and in all ages.
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