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	<title>The Humanities Index &#187; epic</title>
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		<title>The Epic Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The epic hero has a double role. He (there are no epical woman heroes as far as I know) is an individual person with an habitual virtue from which his exploits flow, and he is representative of the group to whom the exploit is important. Since the performance of the exploit is important because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Epic Poetry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 04:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An epic is a long narrative poem an a great subject, related in an elevated style, and centered on a heroic figure on whose actions depends the fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race.]]></description>
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		<title>Dante and the Ladder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2003 16:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dante seems to climb the ladder of love literally, metaphorically, and contextually to achieve the supreme artistic expression.]]></description>
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		<title>Dante the Pilgrim</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2000 15:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerald Lucas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dante's journey begins in Hell where he hears the stories and witnesses the suffering of many sinners, some of which he empathizes with, and most of which he pities.]]></description>
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