Heroic Epic Saga Introduction (8 results)

Condition: 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.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Rubbing, curling to corners, bumping, tiny specking on edges, text block clear and binding good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Printing. Clean and tight. One crease along the spine. Very little shelfwear. Much better than the stock photo. 373 pages. The sine is sunned. A Midland Book MB-211. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Comparative Literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Clean & Unmarked. Missing. Some sticker residue on front cover. Otherwise a very nice, clean & straight copy. No dust-jacket. 373 pp.

VIII, 373 pp. -TEXT IN ENGLISH- Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 80 Large 8vo. Hardcover, ex-library copy with back label, library signs and stamps, all in all fine.

Paperback. Condition: Gut. VIII, 373 p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - leicht bestoßen und Randläsuren, außerdem leicht berieben, Buchrücken ausgeblichen, Buch weist leichte Knicke auf / lightly scuffed and edgewear, also lightly rubbed, spine faded, book has light creases. - CONTENTS Preface Introduction I Richard M. Dorson I. The Homeric Epics and Oral Poetry I Wm. F. Hansen 2. Mesopotamian Epic Literature I Johannes M. Renger 3. The Sanskrit Epics I Barend A. van Nooten 4. The Iranian Epics I William L. Hanaway, Jr. 5. Beowulf: A Contextual Introduction to Its Contents and Techniques I Alain Renoir 6. The Nibelungenlied as Heroic Epic I Stephen L. Wailes 7. The Icelandic Sagas / Theodore M. Andersson 8. Irish Saga Literature I Sean O Coileäin 9. The French Chansons de Geste / Gerard J. Brault 10. The Spanish Epic I Merle E. Simmons 11. Russian Byliny I Felix J. Oinas 12. Serbocroatian Heroic Songs I Mary P. Coote 13. The Balto-Finnic Epics I Felix J. Oinas 14. The Epic Tradition among Turkic Peoples I Ilhan Bagöz 15. The African Heroic Epic I Daniel P. Biebuyck Index. ISBN 9780253202116 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 383.…

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