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World's Greatest Epics
This is a list of the greatest epics from around the world. It includes both ancient and contemporary works.
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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others
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Early Irish Myths and Sagas
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Nov 30, 2012 09:48AM
All Quiet on the Western Front is a great book, but how is it an epic? It's not even 300 pages long ...
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Themis-Athena, I opened this list for general comment and additions, so someone must have added it based on its theme, rather than its adherence to the traditional genre. While it is a great book, I agree with you.
John wrote: "Themis-Athena, I opened this list for general comment and additions, so someone must have added it based on its theme, rather than its adherence to the traditional genre. While it is a great book, ..."Do you want a librarian to remove it?
"Epic" is a hard genre to get precise agreement about. The one that stood out to me as not belonging was "Hamlet." I voted for some that were marginal in terms of structure-- Lord of the Rings is mostly prose, Sir Gawain is quite short, Dante's Divine Comedy doesn't have the typical epic plot, etc. Thanks for starting this list. I am looking forward to hearing people's thoughts!
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