TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alles, Gregory D.
TI  - The Iliad, the Ramayana and the work of religion: failed persuasion and religious mystification
SN  - 0271013192
U1  - 294.5922 
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Pennsylvania
PB  - The Pennsylvania State University Press
KW  - Religion
KW  - Greece
KW  - Religion in literature
KW  - Epic poetry, Greek
KW  - Epic poetry, Sanskrit
KW  - Hinduism in literature
N1  - 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
ER  -