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Traditions of Heroic and Epic Poetry: Characteristics and techniques

Authors: John Bryan Hainsworth
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1980 - Publisher: MHRA

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Beowulf
Language: en
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and hist
The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes
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Pages: 267

The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes

Authors: Arthur Hatto
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-02 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book deeply analyses the little-known tradition of oral heroic epic poetry of the Khanty, an indigenous people of Siberia.
The Battle of Maldon
Language: en
Pages: 132

The Battle of Maldon

Authors: D. G. Scragg
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The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours
Language: en
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The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

Authors: Gregory Nagy
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on t

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