{"product_id":"heroes-gods-and-the-role-e-l-risden-9780786435418","title":"Heroes, Gods and the Role of Epiphany in English Epic Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e This book examines how epic poetry reflects cultural values, and how, in epic poems, the heroes must meet supernatural beings to find answers to essential questions. It begins with three chapters on ancient poetry (including \u003ci\u003eThe Iliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eEpic of Gilgamesh\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eBhagavad Gita\u003c\/i\u003e). Subsequent chapters take up the main subject of the book, examining the evolution of English epic poetry from the anonymous Old English \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e to Spenser's \u003ci\u003eThe Faerie Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, Blake's \u003ci\u003eMilton\u003c\/i\u003e, Wordsworth's \u003ci\u003eThe Prelude\u003c\/i\u003e, Barett Browning's \u003ci\u003eAurora Leigh\u003c\/i\u003e and Derek Walcott's 1990 poem \u003ci\u003eOmeros\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. L. Risden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786435410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786435418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/19\/2008 pg. 21","brand":"E. L. Risden","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483683336447,"sku":"9780786435418","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57ccf84a-c7bd-4b8d-9cfe-59f89d11e4d7.jpg?v=1778039983","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/heroes-gods-and-the-role-e-l-risden-9780786435418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}