This monumental study seeks the roots of great literary works and the processes by which they arose.
It first illuminates the process from idea and inspiration through intention, formulation, revision (and sometimes frustration) to publication and reception.
The textual studies that follow range from single poems to epic and dramatic works, from the genesis of new genres to that of a whole career.
Reed sets the scene by going back to Homer's epics and the Bible, refreshing.
Camden House (ny) Genesis: the making of literary works from homer to christa wolf, hardcover/t. j. reed
