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Moorman, Charles

 
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Synopsis

Charles Moorman reexamines several major works of the western heroic tradition: The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, the Norse sagas, and the Arthurian cycle. Disregarding the usual limited definitions which have controlled the study of heroic literature, he draws together these disparate works by proposing a theme common to them all: the opposition of two major figures whom he names king and captain. The figure of the king arises from the community with its

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Moorman, Dean of the University of Southern Mississippi, has published extensively. Among his recent books Arthurian Triptych, The Book of Kyng Arthur, and Kings and Captains.

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