Epic and empire in nineteenth-century Britain
Epic poetry in the Homeric style was widely seen as an ancient and anachronistic genre, yet Victorian authors worked to recreate it for the modern world. Simon Dentith explores the relationship between epic and the British national identity in the works of Scott, Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, N.Y. :
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 52. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38390978*spi |
| Sumario: | Epic poetry in the Homeric style was widely seen as an ancient and anachronistic genre, yet Victorian authors worked to recreate it for the modern world. Simon Dentith explores the relationship between epic and the British national identity in the works of Scott, Arnold, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Morris and Kipling. |
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| Descripción Física: | vii, 245 p. |
| Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 231-239) e índice. |
| ISBN: | 9780511226410 9780511224553 9780511225222 9780511225840 9780511484773 |
