The Book of the Epic: The World's Great Epics Told in Story

About this eBook

Author

Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline), 1859-1929

Credits

E-text prepared by Ted Garvin, Cathy Smith, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Epic poetry -- Adaptations

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Text

eBook-No.

13983

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13983

Release Date

November 8, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.INTRODUCTION
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.FOREWORD
5. 5.GREEK EPICS
6. 6.THE ILIAD
7. 7.THE ODYSSEY
8. 8.LATIN EPICS
9. 9.THE AENEID
10. 10.FRENCH EPICS
11. 11.THE SONG OF ROLAND[8]
12. 12.AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE
13. 13.SPANISH EPICS
14. 14.THE CID
15. 15.PORTUGUESE EPICS
16. 16.THE LUSIAD
17. 17.ITALIAN EPICS
18. 18.DIVINE COMEDY
19. 19.PURGATORY
20. 20.PARADISE
21. 21.THE ORLANDOS
22. 22.GERUSALEMME LIBERATA, OR JERUSALEM DELIVERED
23. 23.EPICS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
24. 24.BEOWULF[21]
25. 25.THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE
26. 26.ROBIN HOOD
27. 27.THE FAERIE QUEENE — BOOK II. THE LEGEND OF SIR GUYON, OR OF TEMPERANCE — BOOK III. THE STORY OF BRITOMART,—CHASTITY — BOOK IV. LEGEND OF COMBEL AND TRIAMOND, OR OF FRIENDSHIP — BOOK V. THE LEGEND OF SIR ARTEGALL,—JUSTICE — BOOK VI. LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE, OR OF COURTESY
28. 28.PARADISE LOST — Book I. After intimating he intends "no middle flight," but proposes to "justify the ways of God to man," Milton states the fall was due to the serpent, who, in revenge for being cast out of heaven with his hosts, induced the mother of mankind to sin. He adds how, hurled from the ethereal sky to the bottomless pit, Satan lands in a burning lake of asphalt. There, oppressed by the sense of lost happiness and lasting pain, he casts his eyes about him, and, flames making the darkness visible, beholds those enveloped in his doom suffering the same dire pangs. Full of immortal hate, unconquerable will, and a determination never to submit or yield, Satan, confident his companions will not fail him, and enriched by past experiences, determines to continue disputing the mastery of heaven from the Almighty.
29. 29.PARADISE REGAINED
30. 30.GERMAN EPICS
31. 31.THE NIBELUNGENLIED[29]
32. 32.STORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL
33. 33.EPICS OF THE NETHERLANDS
34. 34.SCANDINAVIAN EPICS
35. 35.THE VOLSUNGA SAGA[34]
36. 36.RUSSIAN AND FINNISH EPICS
37. 37.THE KALEVALA, OR THE LAND OF HEROES
38. 38.THE EPICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA
39. 39.HEBREW AND EARLY CHRISTIAN EPICS
40. 40.ARABIAN AND PERSIAN EPICS
41. 41.THE SHAH-NAMEH, OR EPIC OF KINGS
42. 42.INDIAN EPICS
43. 43.THE RAMAYANA
44. 44.THE MAHABHARATA
45. 45.THE STORY OF THE DELUGE
46. 46.THE STORY OF NALA AND DAMAYANTI
47. 47.THE STORY OF SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN
48. 48.CHINESE AND JAPANESE POETRY
49. 49.AMERICAN EPICS
50. 50.INDEX OF NAMES — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — X — Y — Z

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