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Epics and Pseudo - Epics

Our maverick English Teacher looks at the epic, a form he has taught for the last 17 years. Here he has compiled a list of 37 epics and pseudo-epics that he has come across in his teaching; included are several "mock Epics", as well as some serious ( and not so serious) candidates for the American National epic. He has adhered to the traditional concept of the epic, which holds that it must be in verse; consequently, there is no "War and Peace", "Gone with the Wind", or "Lord of the Rings."
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Gilgamesh (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
Gilgamesh
1
Tr. Stephen Mitchell
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata
2
Vyasa
The Ramayana (R.K. Narayan)
The Ramayana
3
R.K. Narayan
The Iliad (Mitchell)
The Iliad
4
Mitchell
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
5
Homer
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Argonautica
6
Apollonius of Rhodes
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
7
Virgil
The Kalevala
The Kalevala
8
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf
9
Crossley-Holland
The Saga of the Volsungs (Jesse L. Byock (Translator))
The Saga of the Volsungs
10
Jesse L. Byock (Translator)
Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh
11
Abolqasem Ferdowsi
The Song of Roland (Anonymous)
The Song of Roland
12
Anonymous
Niebelungenlied (Penguin Classics)
Niebelungenlied
13
Penguin Classics
Cantar Del Mio Cid (Anónimo)
Cantar Del Mio Cid
14
Anónimo
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
15
Dante Alighieri
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso
16
Ludovico Ariosto
The Lusiads (Luis Vaz De Camoes)
The Lusiads
17
Luis Vaz De Camoes
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen
18
Edmund Spenser
Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered
19
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost
20
John Milton
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan
21
Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Lord Byron)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
22
Lord Byron
Hyperion (John Keats)
Hyperion
23
John Keats
The Fall of Hyperion (John Keats)
The Fall of Hyperion
24
John Keats
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
25
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
The Prelude
26
William Wordsworth
Queen Mab (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Queen Mab
27
Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Columbiad (Joel Barlow)
The Columbiad
28
Joel Barlow
Evangeline (Henry W. Longfellow)
Evangeline
29
Henry W. Longfellow
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha
30
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Idylls of the King (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Idylls of the King
31
Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos
32
Ezra Pound
The Fall of Arthur (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fall of Arthur
33
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
34
John Brown's Body (Stephen Vincent Benet)
John Brown's Body
35
Stephen Vincent Benet
Paterson (William Carlos Williams)
Paterson
36
William Carlos Williams
The Gates of the Alamo (Stephen Harrigan)
The Gates of the Alamo
37
Stephen Harrigan
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