Awhile back I wrote a series on epic poetry. I wanted to revisit the issue and offer some thoughts on the differences between epic poetry and long narrative verse. Some people may place them in the same category and I really don’t think we should. The above-mentioned series played fast and loose with the term [...]
I had intended for this series to be a three-part series. But I found myself digressing into a lengthy discussion on technology in the previous post. I found it to be necessary because I believe technology will be an integral part to creating and publishing literature in the 21st century. We do not yet know [...]
I realize this is a rather sketchy history, but today I’m discussing the literate age of poetics, mostly the 20th century. I’m not going into great detail on purpose. Nevertheless, it should be helpful to see how the epic has changed over time. When we think of the great epics there are certain stories that [...]
I’m splitting this discussion of poetics into three blog posts. I like to make good on my promises so here’s the first part of my discussion on the future of the epic. I’ll start with its past.
For the purpose of this discussion I’m breaking poetic history down into three periods: The pre-literate, the literate, and [...]