Ideologies of Epic

Author	: Colin Graham
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Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 1998
ISBN-10	: UOM:39015043789794
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Download or read book Ideologies of Epic written by Colin Graham and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the cultural and national politics of the epic poem in the imperial context of the Victorian period. Tests and adapts Bakhtin's theory of epic as a national and monologic form by discussing the meeting of colonial discourses in epic poems originating from England--Tennyson's Idylls of the King (1869), Ireland--Samuel Ferguson's Congal (1872), and India--Edwin Arnold's Indian Idylls (1883) and The Song Celestial (1885). Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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