Epic Continent: Blood and Fire in European History
About This Novel
This book mainly tells the story of the author following in the footsteps of epic heroes and traveling and exploring on the European continent. In European history, heroic epics have a special status. They play an important role in the identity of nation-states and the connection between history and reality. In the book, the author explores five great epics, namely: "The Odyssey", "Song of Roland", "Song of the Nibelungs", "Beowulf" and "Nyarsaka". These epics are classic stories about human nature and a window through which we can see through European history and culture. The author starts from the warm Greek islands and travels all the way to the cold Iceland, covering the entire European continent. He went deep into the place where the epic story took place, and deeply felt the local natural environment and human history. Through this book, we can understand how the times shape the epic, and how the epic affects the times.
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