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Encyclopaedia Of Epic Literature, PDF eBook

Encyclopaedia Of Epic Literature PDF

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An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Mailman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have been written down at least since Homer, and the works of Vyasa, Virgil, Dante Alighieri and John Milton would be unlikely to have survived without being written down. The first epics are known as primary, or original, epics. Indian epic poetry (Sanskrit : Itihasa; meaning history, lit. so it happened) is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent.

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