Bibliograph

Epic and romance;, essays on medieval literature

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Epic and romance;, essays on medieval literature

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Epic and romance;

Oclc number

327505

Sub title

essays on medieval literature

Table Of Contents

CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION: The heroic age -- Epic and romance -- Romantic mythology -- The three schools; Teutonic epic, French epic, The Icelandic histories -- CHAPTER II: THE TEUTONIC EPIC: The tragic conception -- Scale of the poems -- Epic and ballad poetry -- The style of the poems -- The progress of epic -- Beowulf -- CHAPTER III: THE ICELANDIC SAGAS: Iceland and the heroic age -- Matter and form -- The heroic ideal -- Tragic imagination -- Comedy -- The art of narrative -- Epic and history -- The northern prose romances -- CHAPTER IV: THE OLD FRENCH EPIC: Chansons de Geste -- CHAPTER V: ROMANCE AND THE OLD FRENCH ROMANTIC SCHOOLS

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