This book presents a history of the epic from the classical age to the present day. It deals not just with the well-know epics of antiquity and the Renaissance,

With contributions from leading scholars, this is a uniquecross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide rangeof cultures and time periods, which p

This book investigates the concept of what it means to be 'epic' and its form in American life, literature, and art from the country's early days.

Michael Murrin here offers the first analysis to bring an understanding of both the history of literature and the history of warfare to the study of the epic.

Special Features- Aims to show how The Gilgamesh Epic developed from its earliest to its latest form- Systematic, step-by-step tracking of the stylistic, themat