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Desperate Not To "Forget The Gods": Mormon Fantasy And The Epic Poem, Gerrit Van Dyk
Desperate Not To "Forget The Gods": Mormon Fantasy And The Epic Poem, Gerrit Van Dyk
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Because of humanity's fixation on death, religion and the afterlife have played a part in human culture throughout history. As a result, belief, religion, and theology have been central to the main action of stories since the earliest forms of literature. One of the greatest ancient literary genres, the epic, is no exception.
Epics have many universal characteristics, such as elevated language in poetic form, vast settings, and strong protagonists who demonstrate feats of great strength and genius. They also commonly contain "supernatural forces-gods, angels, and demons-[who] interest themselves in the action" (Harmon and Holman 185). After the Renaissance, the …
Orchard, Sarah J. Carter
Miracles, Lisa A. Nielsen
Happiness, James Richards
President James Rethinks Ordelia, Mark Foster
Grandmother Naming, Shannon Castleton
Pah Tempe, Sally Stratford
The Mood This Afternoon, Krista Halverson
Adam's Song, James Richards
Dishes, Karl Thomas Rees
Qua Têt, Karl Thomas Rees
Dream Of The Anxiety Clinic, Shannon Castleton
Burials, Neil Aitken
Running Circles, N. Andrew Spackman
A Letter To The Person Who Will Go Through My Pockets When I'M Dead, Jerem Pickett
A Letter To The Person Who Will Go Through My Pockets When I'M Dead, Jerem Pickett
Inscape
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Application, James Richards
Birth, Neil Aitken
5:30 Dialogue, Marilyn Nelson
The Fruitcake I Bury In My Backyard Each January, Q. Woodward
The Fruitcake I Bury In My Backyard Each January, Q. Woodward
Inscape
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On Grandmother's Couch, Q. Woodward
Hors D'Œuvre, Alma Christl Call
Thin Daughter, Alma Christl Call
Man Silently To His Wife At The Meat Counter, Alma Christl Call
Man Silently To His Wife At The Meat Counter, Alma Christl Call
Inscape
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Chastity, Jared Pearce