Isbn: 9780253327383 - heroic epic and saga: introduction to the world's great folk epics (3 risultati)

Condizione: Good. New edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. …

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Good. 1st Printing. First printing. Edge wear, sticker remains on rear cover, page ridges foxed, ink name on half-title page. 1978 Trade Paperback. viii, 373 pp. Includes fifteen essays, each written by an authority on one of the major epic traditions. Discussed in detail are the Iliad and the Odyssey, Gilgamesh, the Mahabharata and Ramayana (the great Sanskrit epics), as well as the Iranian Shahnama and its successors, Beowulf, the Nibelungenlied, the Icelandic sagas, the Irish sagas, the Song of Roland and other Old French chansons de geste, the Spanish epics including the Cid, the Russian byliny and Serbocroatian epic songs, the Kalevala and the Kalevigpoeg. Of special interest are the discussions of the Turkic and African epic traditions.…

hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.