The Epic Gaze: Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic

by Helen Lovatt

Book Overview

The epic genre has at its heart a fascination with the horror of viewing death. Epic heroes have active visual power, yet become objects, turned into monuments, watched by two main audiences: the gods... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107016118
• ISBN13: 9781107016118
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 9.1"