《世界史纲》的英文书评

A Companion to Ancient Epic

Edited by: John Miles Foley (University of Missouri, Columbia)
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For those who are interested in Greek and Roman epic, the book is a treasure-house of splendid variety … The editor and the publisher both deserve praise for a very fine volume.
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A Companion to Ancient Epic presents for the first time a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of ancient Near Eastern, Greek and Roman epic. It offers a multi-disciplinary discussion of both longstanding ideas and newer perspectives.

* A Companion to the Near Eastern, Greek, and Roman epic traditions.
* Considers the interrelation between these different traditions.
* Provides a balanced overview of longstanding ideas and newer perspectives in the study of epic.
* Shows how scholarship over the last forty years has transformed the ways that we conceive of and understand the genre