Description:
The go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories and ways of knowing beyond those of the predominantly white Global North, this field-shifting volume exposes the false premises of "Western civilization" and "Classics," and brings new questions and perspectives to epic studies.
Review Quotes:
'Epic studies, as this book impressively demonstrates, is robust. In the forty-two chapters that cover the distant past to the present, the contributors both demonstrate their research and also encourage further avenues of inquiry. . . . The book showcases the high quality of research in world-spanning accounts, and the scholars demonstrate not only that, but also how, these oral and later written stories continue to construct meaningful worldviews.' - Frank England, Reading Religion, April 2024