{"product_id":"the-epic-catalogue-list-form-and-reception-from-beowulf-to-paradise-lost-hardcover","title":"The Epic Catalogue: List Form and Reception from Beowulf to Paradise Lost - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva Von Contzen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Epic Catalogue, \u003c\/i\u003e Eva von Contzen offers the first sustained study of the catalogue as form in epic poetry, tracing its functions and meanings across medieval and early modern literature. Ever since the Catalogue of Ships in Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad, \u003c\/i\u003e catalogues have stood at the heart of epic poetry, yet their status is paradoxical: canonical and indispensable for the genre of epic, but also resistant to narrative flow and therefore both a challenge and a nuisance to audiences. Moving from biblical epic and Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/i\u003e and early English poetry, von Contzen presents four case studies that examine the catalogue's role in shaping poetic authority, readerly engagement, and the reception of classical models. Von Contzen's literary-historical approach bridges classical and vernacular traditions from early English to early modern poetry and sharpens our view of both continuities and ruptures in the epic tradition, challenging conventional narratives of classical reception. Bringing together formalist and cognitive literary methodologies, she argues that catalogues are not inert enumerations but dynamic cognitive forms that invite audiences to think differently about order, memory, and the status of epic itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEva von Contzen is Professor of English Literature at the University of Freiburg. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Scottish Legendary: Towards a Poetics of Hagiographic Narration\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with James Simpson) of \u003ci\u003eEnlistment: Lists in Medieval and Early Modern Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53909945024819,"sku":"9780814216187","price":186.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/uIki_nl05O9780814216187.webp?v=1787834288","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-epic-catalogue-list-form-and-reception-from-beowulf-to-paradise-lost-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}