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Epic & Myth

Almost every culture that has produced a literature has produced an epic — a long, formal, poetic account of how its people came to be where they are.

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Almost every culture that has produced a literature has produced an epic — a long, formal, poetic account of how its people came to be where they are. Key sections include: Epic & Myth.; Opening What an epic is.; Chapter I Gilgamesh.; Chapter II The Iliad.; Chapter III The Odyssey.; Chapter IV The Aeneid.; Chapter V Mahabharata.; Chapter VI Ramayana.; Chapter VII Beowulf.; Chapter VIII Norse — Eddas and Sagas..

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  1. 01Epic & Myth.
  2. 02Opening What an epic is.
  3. 03Chapter I Gilgamesh.
  4. 04Chapter II The Iliad.
  5. 05Chapter III The Odyssey.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Aeneid.
  7. 07Chapter V Mahabharata.
  8. 08Chapter VI Ramayana.
  9. 09Chapter VII Beowulf.
  10. 10Chapter VIII Norse — Eddas and Sagas.
  11. 11Chapter IX Shahnameh.
  12. 12Chapter X Sundiata.
  13. 13Chapter XI Popol Vuh.
  14. 14Chapter XII The Tale of the Heike.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Mythological systems compared.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Joseph Campbell.
  17. 17Chapter XV Lévi-Strauss on myth.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Oral-formulaic theory.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Christian epic.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Joyce, Walcott, H.D., Atwood.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Where the form went.
  22. 22Chapter XX Twenty-five.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Watch & read.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Why read epic.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII How to read the originals.
  26. 26The end of the deck.
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