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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 (Tr. Stephen Mitchell)
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The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
The Mahabharata (Vyasa)
3
The Ramayana (R.K. Narayan)
The Ramayana (R.K. Narayan)
4
The Iliad (Mitchell)
The Iliad (Mitchell)
5
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey (Homer)
6
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
Argonautica (Apollonius of Rhodes)
7
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid (Virgil)
8
The Kalevala
The Kalevala
9
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
Beowulf (Crossley-Holland)
10
The Saga of the Volsungs (Jesse L. Byock (Translator))
The Saga of the Volsungs (Jesse L. Byock (Translator))
11
Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
Shahnameh (Abolqasem Ferdowsi)
12
The Song of Roland
The Song of Roland
13
Niebelungenlied (Penguin Classics)
Niebelungenlied (Penguin Classics)
14
Cantar Del Mio Cid (Anónimo)
Cantar Del Mio Cid (Anónimo)
15
The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
16
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
Orlando Furioso (Ludovico Ariosto)
17
The Lusiads (Luis Vaz De Camoes)
The Lusiads (Luis Vaz De Camoes)
18
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
The Fairie Queen (Edmund Spenser)
19
Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered
20
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
Paradise Lost (John Milton)
21
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
Don Juan (Lord Byron)
22
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Lord Byron)
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (Lord Byron)
23
Hyperion (John Keats)
Hyperion (John Keats)
24
The Fall of Hyperion (John Keats)
The Fall of Hyperion (John Keats)
25
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
26
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
The Prelude (William Wordsworth)
27
Queen Mab (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Queen Mab (Percy Bysshe Shelley)
28
The Columbiad (Joel Barlow)
The Columbiad (Joel Barlow)
29
Evangeline (Henry W. Longfellow)
Evangeline (Henry W. Longfellow)
30
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
The Song of Hiawatha (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
31
Idylls of the King (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Idylls of the King (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
32
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
The Cantos (Ezra Pound)
33
The Fall of Arthur (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fall of Arthur (J.R.R. Tolkien)
34
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
35
John Brown's Body (Stephen Vincent Benet)
John Brown's Body (Stephen Vincent Benet)
36
Paterson (William Carlos Williams)
Paterson (William Carlos Williams)
37
The Gates of the Alamo (Stephen Harrigan)
The Gates of the Alamo (Stephen Harrigan)
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