The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero
The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero

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The Sword from the Rock: An Investigation into the Origins of Epic Literature and the Development of the Hero

LEVY, G. R.

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Topics include: myth and ritual in western Asia; interaction of peoples during the second millennium BC; "heroic ages;" literary development of the hero; the epic of Creation and its derivatives; Gilgamesh; The Odyssey; The Ramayana; The Iliad; The Mahabharata; etc. Index.

Publication Info

  • Publisher: Greenwood Press
  • Edition: Reprint of the 1953 edition published by Faber and Faber, London
  • Date Published: 1976
  • Place Published: Westport, CT
  • ISBN: 0837193001

Details

  • Condition: ex library-very good
  • Signed: No
  • Dust Jacket: No
  • Jacket Condition: n/a
  • Details:
    236 p. 23 cm. 4 p. of b&w illustrations and a fold-out map. Grey cloth. Ex library with labels on spine and rear pastedown, ink stamps on top edge and title.

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