About this book

Traditions of Heroic and Epic Poetry. Volume One: The Traditions. Ed. by A. T. Hatto. Founded upon the transactions of the London seminar on epic 1964-1972.

Twelve chapters by distinguished scholars in several epic literatures: Ancient Greek, Old Indian (the two Sanskrit Epics), Old French, Medieval Spanish, Medieval German, Serbo-Croat, Ob Ugrian (Vogul and Ostyak), Ossetic, Mongol (the contemporary tradition), Kirghiz (mid-nineteenth century), Ainu, and East African (the Bahima praise poems).

About the author

A. T. Hatto was Professor of German Language and Literature at the University of London.