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Hedges, Ned Samuel – 1968
Although literature written especially for children has been a development of the past two centuries, most lasting works of children's literature derive their narrative patterns and structures of meaning from ancient and traditional literary forms and conventions, such as fable, myth, epic, and romance. This study provides an interpretive analysis…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Epics, Fables
Andrusyshen, C.H., Ed.; Kirkconnell, Watson, Ed. – 1963
Selected Ukrainian poetry rendered in identical or equivalent English meter makes this annotated anthology the first comprehensive survey of this poetry in English. A substantial introduction to the literature of the Ukraine points out the historical development and sociological significance of this literature. The complete text of the 12th…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Biographies, English, Epics
Download full textFleming, Margaret, Ed. – 1974
Assembled to aid high school literature teachers in exploring the epic with their students, materials in this book approach the epic as a product of a specific culture which presents vivid pictures of earlier societies. Following the introduction and the opening essay, "The Role of the Supernatural in the Epic," chapters are grouped under the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Classical Literature, English Instruction, Epics
