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National Epics

by Kate Milner Rabb

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Author
Rabb, Kate Milner, 1866-1937
Credits
Text file produced by David Starner, S.R. Ellison, and the Online Distributed Proofing Team HTML file produced by David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Epic poetry
Category
Text
eBook-No.
8072
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8072
Release Date
May 1, 2005
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.NATIONAL EPICS
  2. 2.By Kate Milner Rabb — 1896 — TO MY MOTHER.
  3. 3.PREFACE. — K. M. R.
  4. 4.SELECTIONS. — NATIONAL EPICS.
  5. 5.THE RÂMÂYANA.
  6. 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE RÂMÂYANA.
  7. 7.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE RÂMÂYANA.
  8. 8.THE STORY OF THE RÂMÂYANA.
  9. 9.SELECTIONS FROM THE RÂMÂYANA. — THE DESCENT OF THE GANGES.
  10. 10.THE DEATH OF YAJNADATTA.
  11. 11.THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA.
  12. 12.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA.
  13. 13.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA.
  14. 14.THE STORY OF THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA.
  15. 15.SELECTIONS FROM THE MAHÂ-BHÂRATA. — SÂVITRI, OR LOVE AND DEATH.
  16. 16.FROM "THE GREAT JOURNEY."
  17. 17.THE ILIAD.
  18. 18.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE ILIAD. — M. Arnold's Essay on Homer, 1876, pp. 284-425;
  19. 19.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE ILIAD.
  20. 20.THE STORY OF THE ILIAD.
  21. 21.SELECTIONS FROM THE ILIAD. — HELEN AT THE SCAEAN GATES.
  22. 22.THE PARTING OF HECTOR AND ANDROMACHE.
  23. 23.THE ODYSSEY.
  24. 24.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE ODYSSEY.
  25. 25.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE ODYSSEY.
  26. 26.THE STORY OF THE ODYSSEY.
  27. 27.SELECTIONS FROM THE ODYSSEY. — THE PALACE OF ALCINOÜS.
  28. 28.THE BENDING OF THE BOW.
  29. 29.THE KALEVALA. — "Songs preserved from distant ages."
  30. 30.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE KALEVALA.
  31. 31.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE KALEVALA.
  32. 32.THE STORY OF THE KALEVALA.
  33. 33.SELECTIONS FROM THE KALEVALA. — ILMARINEN'S WEDDING FEAST.
  34. 34.THE BIRTH OF THE HARP.
  35. 35.THE AENEID.
  36. 36.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE AENEID. — R. W. Brown's History of Roman Classical Literature, n. d., pp. 257-265;
  37. 37.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE AENEID.
  38. 38.THE STORY OF THE AENEID.
  39. 39.SELECTION FROM THE AENEID. — NISUS AND EURYALUS.
  40. 40.BEOWULF.
  41. 41.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, BEOWULF.
  42. 42.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, BEOWULF.
  43. 43.THE STORY OF BEOWULF.
  44. 44.SELECTION FROM BEOWULF. — GRENDEL'S MOTHER.
  45. 45.THE NIBELUNGEN LIED.
  46. 46.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE NIBELUNGEN LIED.
  47. 47.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE NIBELUNGEN.
  48. 48.THE STORY OF THE NIBELUNGEN LIED.
  49. 49.SELECTIONS FROM THE NIBELUNGEN LIED. — HOW BRUNHILD WAS RECEIVED AT WORMS.
  50. 50.HOW MARGRAVE RÜDEGER WAS SLAIN.
  51. 51.THE SONG OF ROLAND.
  52. 52.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE SONG OF ROLAND.
  53. 53.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE SONG OF ROLAND.
  54. 54.THE STORY OF THE SONG OF ROLAND.
  55. 55.SELECTIONS FROM THE SONG OF ROLAND. — THE HORN.
  56. 56.ROLAND'S DEATH.
  57. 57.THE SHAH-NAMEH.
  58. 58.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE SHAH-NAMEH.
  59. 59.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE SHAH-NAMEH.
  60. 60.THE STORY OF THE SHAH-NAMEH.
  61. 61.SELECTIONS FROM THE SHAH-NAMEH. — THE RAJA OF INDIA SENDS A CHESSBOARD TO NUSHIRVAN.
  62. 62.ZAL AND RUDABEH.
  63. 63.THE POEM OF THE CID.
  64. 64.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE CID.
  65. 65.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE POEM OF THE CID.
  66. 66.THE STORY OF THE POEM OF THE CID.
  67. 67.SELECTIONS FROM THE POEM OF THE CID. — COUNT RAYMOND AND MY CID.
  68. 68.MY CID'S TRIUMPH.
  69. 69.THE DIVINE COMEDY.
  70. 70.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE DIVINE COMEDY.
  71. 71.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE DIVINE COMEDY.
  72. 72.THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE HELL.
  73. 73.THE STORY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE HELL.
  74. 74.THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE PURGATORY.
  75. 75.THE STORY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE PURGATORY.
  76. 76.THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE PARADISE.
  77. 77.THE STORY OF THE DIVINE COMEDY. — THE PARADISE.
  78. 78.SELECTIONS FROM THE DIVINE COMEDY. — COUNT UGOLINO.
  79. 79.BUONCONTE DI MONTEFELTRO.
  80. 80.BEATRICE DESCENDING FROM HEAVEN.
  81. 81.THE EXQUISITE BEAUTY OF BEATRICE.
  82. 82.THE ORLANDO FURIOSO.
  83. 83.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE ORLANDO FURIOSO.
  84. 84.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE ORLANDO FURIOSO.
  85. 85.THE STORY OF THE ORLANDO FURIOSO.
  86. 86.SELECTION FROM THE ORLANDO FURIOSO. — THE DEATH OF ZERBINO.
  87. 87.THE LUSIAD. — MONTESQUIEU.
  88. 88.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE LUSIAD.
  89. 89.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE LUSIAD. The Lusiad, Tr. by J. J.
  90. 90.THE STORY OF THE LUSIAD.
  91. 91.SELECTIONS FROM THE LUSIAD. — INEZ DE CASTRO.
  92. 92.THE SPIRIT OF THE CAPE.
  93. 93.THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED.
  94. 94.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED.
  95. 95.STANDARD ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS, THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED.
  96. 96.THE STORY OF THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED.
  97. 97.SELECTION FROM THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED. — SOPHRONIA AND OLINDO.
  98. 98.PARADISE LOST.
  99. 99.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, PARADISE LOST.
  100. 100.THE STORY OF PARADISE LOST.
  101. 101.SELECTIONS FROM PARADISE LOST. — SATAN. — APOSTROPHE TO LIGHT.
  102. 102.PARADISE REGAINED.
  103. 103.BIBLIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM, PARADISE REGAINED.
  104. 104.THE STORY OF PARADISE REGAINED.
  105. 105.SELECTION FROM PARADISE REGAINED. — THE TEMPTATION OF THE VISION OF THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH.

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