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The fortunes of epic poetry; a study in English and American criticism, 1750-1950.

Author: Donald M Foerster
Publisher: [Washington] Catholic University of America Press, 1962.
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Foerster, Donald M. (Donald Madison), 1914-1961.
Fortunes of epic poetry.
[Washington] Catholic University of America Press, 1962
(OCoLC)590438624
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Donald M Foerster
OCLC Number: 236336
Description: 250 p. 24 cm.
Contents: Homage and doubt in the neo-classical period --
English romantic concepts of the epic and criticism of Dante and Milton --
The early epic in the age of Wordsworth: Homer, Ossian, and Virgil --
The epic in an epic land: American theory, 1812-1860 --
The pendulum begins to swing: Victorian estimates, 1832-1880 --
Epic, lyric, or novel? Intensification of a rivalry around 1900 --
Epilogue --
the epic in an age of disillusionment, 1910-1950.

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