Name: National Epics
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Author: Kate Milner Rabb
ISBN: 978-1408688915

Literature & Fiction | Poetry

National Epics

By Kate Milner Rabb 24 Mar, 2020

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This volume is intended for an introduction to the study of the epics. While the simplicity and directness of the epic style seem to make such a book unnecessary, the fact that too many persons of literary tastes some of these great poems are inacces ... Read more

This volume is intended for an introduction to the study of the epics. While the simplicity and directness of the epic style seem to make such a book unnecessary, the fact that too many persons of literary tastes some of these great poems are inaccessible, and that to many more the pleasure of exploring for themselves "the realms of gold" is rendered impossible by the cares of business, has seemed sufficient excuse for its being. Though the beauty of the original is of necessity lost in condensation of this kind, an endeavor has been made to preserve the characteristic epithets, and to retain what Mr. Arnold called "the simple truth about the matter of the poem." Less

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Kate Milner Rabb

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Kate Milner Rabb (1866-1937) was a Hoosier author and a columnist for the Indianapolis Star who wrote on the history of Indiana. Rabb was from Spencer County, Indiana....

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