The Epic Cosmos (Studies In Genre)

Larry Allums, editor Louise Cowan, general editor The community of scholar-critics that brought out The Terrain of Comedy has produced the second volume in its studies of the four genres, with Larry Allums as editor. Louise Cowan postulates a culture-generating cosmos as the identifying mark of epic. The essays illustrate the applicability of her theory of genres to major works in the epic tradition. An excellent resource for those studying the social, psychological and historical aspects of epic as a literary art form. Dallas Institute Publications publishes works concerned with the imaginative, mythic, and symbolic sources of culture. 378 pages, indexed.

• | Author: James Larry Allums|Louise Cowan
• | Publisher: Dallas Institute Of Humanities And Culture
• | Publication Date: Feb 03, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 378 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0911005226
• | ISBN-13: 9780911005226