Epic Ambitions in Modern Times

Epic Ambitions in Modern Times

Epic Ambitions in Modern Times: From Paradise Lost to the New Millennium. By Robert Crossley. Anthem Press, 2022. This book explores the pleasures and challenges of the epic imagination, the persistent appeal of epic creation for artists and of epic experience for...
New Publications on Charlemagne and His Legend

New Publications on Charlemagne and His Legend

Oltre la mer salee: Proceedings of the 21st International Congress of the Société Rencesvals pour l’étude des épopées romanes, Toronto, 13–17 August 2018. Edited by Dorothea Kullmann and Anthony Fredette. May 2022. Studies and Texts 227; Toronto Studies in Romance...
CFP: journal issue on World Epics in Puppet Theater

CFP: journal issue on World Epics in Puppet Theater

AOQU  4.2 (2023). World Epics in Puppet Theater Until recently, epic narratives remained at the forefront of their respective cultures through folk performance traditions, especially puppetry arts. Although this unique form of creative popular expression (at once...
Calls for Proposals: RSA San Juan 2023

Calls for Proposals: RSA San Juan 2023

Renaissance Society of America members can post calls for papers and seek participants for sessions in all disciplines to be held at RSA San Juan (9–11 March 2023). Session proposals are welcome in the following formats: Paper panels; Seminars; Roundtables; Workshops....
The Oral Epic: From Performance to Interpretation

The Oral Epic: From Performance to Interpretation

The Oral Epic: From Performance to Interpretation by Karl Reichl Routledge 2022 This book focuses on the performance of oral epics and explores the significance of performance features for the interpretation of epic poetry. The leading question of the book is how the...