LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
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“Paradise Lost”
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“The Odyssey”
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“The Iliad”
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps the most widely known epic poems are Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey, both of which detail the events of the Trojan War and King Odysseus’s journey home from Troy.
Detailed explanation-2: -"Best” is a relative term, but some of the most famous examples of epic poetry and literature include the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Mahabharata, the Aeneid, the Divine Comedy and Paradise Lost.
Detailed explanation-3: -An epic is a long narrative poem that usually deals with important subjects matter like events of cultural significance and heroic actions. Though it is technically a poem, they switch scenes and feature dialogue, making them quite unlike any other form of poetry in the literary world.