UID:
edocfu_9959327874402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 442 pages) :
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9781444315639
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1444315633
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9781444315646
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1444315641
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9781405193078
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1405193077
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9786612349850
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6612349859
Serie:
The ancient world: comparative histories
Inhalt:
With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry.: The first book to gain new insights into the topic of 'epic and history' through in-depth cross-cultural comparisons; Covers epic traditions across the globe and across a wide range of time periods; Brings together leading specialists in the field, and is edited by two internationally regarded scholars; An important reference for scholars and students intereste.
Anmerkung:
Epic and History; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Series Editor's Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Maybe Epic: The Origins and Reception of Sumerian Heroic Poetry; 3 Historical Events and the Process of Their Transformation in Akkadian Heroic Traditions; 4 Epic and History in Hittite Anatolia: In Search of a Local Hero; 5 Manly Deeds: Hittite Admonitory History and Eastern Mediterranean Didactic Epic; 6 Epic and History in the Hebrew Bible: Definitions, "Ethnic Genres," and the Challenges of Cultural Identity in the Biblic.
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English.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Epic and history. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 ISBN 9781405193078
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1405193077
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Geschiedenis (vorm)
DOI:
10.1002/9781444315639
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781444315639
