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Epic and Romance

by W. P. Ker

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Postscript
  3. 3Chapter I · Introduction · I — The Heroic Age
  4. 4II — Epic and Romance
  5. 5III — Romantic Mythology
  6. 6IV — The Three Schools — Teutonic Epic — French Epic — The Icelandi…
  7. 7Chapter II · The Teutonic Epic · I — The Tragic Conception
  8. 8II — Scale of the Poems
  9. 9III — Epic and Ballad Poetry
  10. 10IV — The Style of the Poems
  11. 11V — The Progress of Epic
  12. 12VI — Beowulf
  13. 13Chapter III · The Icelandic Sagas · I — Iceland and the Heroic Age
  14. 14II — Matter and Form
  15. 15III · The Heroic Ideal · IV — Tragic Imagination
  16. 16V — Comedy
  17. 17VI — The Art of Narrative
  18. 18VII — Epic and History
  19. 19VIII — The Northern Prose Romances
  20. 20Chapter IV · The Old French Epic — ( Chansons de Geste )
  21. 21Chapter V — Romance and the Old French Romantic Schools
  22. 22Appendix · Chapter I · I — The Heroic Age
  23. 23II — Epic and Romance
  24. 24III — Romantic Mythology
  25. 25IV — The Three Schools — Teutonic Epic — French Epic — The Icelandi…
  26. 26Chapter II · I — The Tragic Conception
  27. 27II — Scale of the Poems
  28. 28The Western Group
  29. 29The Northern Group
  30. 30III — Epic and Ballad Poetry
  31. 31IV — The Style of the Poems
  32. 32V — The Progress of Epic
  33. 33VI — Beowulf
  34. 34Chapter III · I — Iceland and the Heroic Age
  35. 35II — Matter and Form
  36. 36III — The Heroic Ideal
  37. 37IV — Tragic Imagination
  38. 38V — Comedy
  39. 39VI — The Art of Narrative
  40. 40VII — Epic and History
  41. 41VIII — The Northern Prose Romances
  42. 42Chapter IV — The Old French Epic
  43. 43Chapter V — And the Old French Romantic Schools
  44. 44Notes and Illustrations — Note A ( p. 133 )
  45. 45Note B ( p. 205 )
  46. 46Note C ( p. 257 )
  47. 47Note D ( p. 360 )
  48. 48Index

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