epic literature

Tells the story of the gradual modernization of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family.

Gives comprehensive, understandable explanations of the most commonly studied epics in high school and undergraduate literature courses.

The story of a union soldier's adventure with the Comanche Indians in 1863. He is accepted by the small band of Indians he befriends at Fort Sedgewick.

A guide to understanding epic literature, featuring entries on fourteen separate works, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, character sketches, discussion of themes and techniques, information about the literary and historical background of each work, and a critical overview.

The rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo as told through the history of the Buend?a family.

A shortened, modern prose edition of the Sanskrit epic about two feuding royal families who wage genocidal war in India, bringing their civilization to the brink of doom, but eventually finding redemption.

The ambitious prior of Kingsbridge, England, dreams of building the greatest Gothic cathedral in the world, and the struggle to construct it leads to a battle between good and evil in twelfth-century England.