Alles, Gregory D.

The Iliad, the Ramayana and the work of religion: failed persuasion and religious mystification/ Gregory D. Alles. - Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994. - viii, 207 p. ; 24 cm. - Hermeneutics., Studies in the history of religions. .

1 When Persuasion Fails
2 Poetic Works and Their Worlds
3 Hiding One's Limitations
4 Texts, Meanings, and Social Acts
5 Beyond Dialogue, Violence, and Meaning

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Religion
Greece
Religion in literature
Epic poetry, Greek
Epic poetry, Sanskrit
Hinduism in literature

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