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The World's Greatest Books, Vol. XVII

The World's Greatest Books, Vol. XVII

by Arthur Mee

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Editor
Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949
Title
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 17 — Poetry and Drama
Credits
Produced by Kevin Handy, Matthias Grammel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections
Subject
Drama
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44640
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44640
Release Date
January 10, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS
  2. 2.Table of Contents
  3. 3.Poetry and Drama
  4. 4.GOETHE
  5. 5.Goetz von Berlichingen [A] — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act IV — Act V
  6. 6.Iphigenia in Tauris [B] — Persons in the Drama — Act I Iphigenia and Thoas . — Act II Orestes and Pylades . — Act III Iphigenia and Orestes . — Act IV Iphigenia alone . — Act V Thoas alone .
  7. 7.GOGOL [C]
  8. 8.The Inspector-General — Persons in the Play — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act IV
  9. 9.OLIVER GOLDSMITH [D]
  10. 10.She Stoops to Conquer — Persons in the Play — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act IV — Act V
  11. 11.HEINRICH HEINE [E]
  12. 12.Atta Troll A Summer Night's Dream — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII
  13. 13.HOMER [F]
  14. 14.The Iliad — I.—Of the Wrath of Achilles; and of Hector — II.— Of the Battle by the Ships — III .— Of Patroclus, and the Rousing of Achilles — IV .— Of Achilles and Hector
  15. 15.The Odyssey [G] — I .— How Ulysses Came to Phæacia, and of Nausicaa — II .— Ulysses Tells of his Wanderings — III .— How Ulysses Came Back to Ithaca — IV.—Of the Doom of the Suitors
  16. 16.HORACE [H]
  17. 17.Poems — Satires — HUMAN DISCONTENT — AVARICE — A PARAGON OF INCONSISTENCY — ON JUDGING FRIENDS — ON LOYALTY TO ABSENT FRIENDS — HORACE'S DEBT TO HIS FATHER — HORACE'S HABITS IN THE CITY — Horace and the Bore — The Art of Poetry — UNITY AND SIMPLICITY ARE REQUISITE — THE FALSEHOOD OF EXTREMES IN STYLE — CHOICE OF THEME — WORDS OLD AND NEW — WORDS MUST SUIT CHARACTER — ON LITERARY BORROWING — ON BEGINNING A HEROIC POEM — ACTION AND NARRATION IN PLAYS — GOOD SENSE A WELL-SPRING OF POETRY — PERFECTION CANNOT BE EXPECTED — A HIGH STANDARD MUST BE EXACTED — ARE POETS BORN OR MADE? — Odes — A DEDICATION — TO PYRRHA — WINTER CHEER — "GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY" — GOD AND EMPEROR — THE STRENGTH OF INNOCENCE — TRANQUILLITY — TO A FAIR DECEIVER — THE GOLDEN MEAN — TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BANDUSIA — TO THE GOD FAUNUS — AN ENVOI
  18. 18.VICTOR HUGO [I]
  19. 19.Hernani — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act IV
  20. 20.Marion de Lorme [J] — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III
  21. 21.Ruy Blas [K] — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III
  22. 22.The King Amuses Himself [L] — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III
  23. 23.The Legend of the Ages [M] — Conscience — Eviradnus — The Temple of the Captives — Jean Chouan — Civil War
  24. 24.HENRIK IBSEN [N]
  25. 25.The Master Builder — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III
  26. 26.The Pillars of Society [O] — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act IV
  27. 27.BEN JONSON [P]
  28. 28.Every Man in His Humour — Persons in the Comedy — Act I — Act II — Act III — Act V
  29. 29.JUVENAL [Q]
  30. 30.Satires — I.—Of Satire and its Subjects — II.—A Satire on Rome — III.—A Satire on the Vanity of Human Wishes
  31. 31.FRIEDRICH KLOPSTOCK [R]
  32. 32.The Messiah — I.—The Mount of Olives — II.—Of Satan Warring, and the Council of the Sanhedrim — III.—Eloah Sings the Redeemer's Glory — IV.—Pilate's Wife Bewails the Saviour's Sufferings — V.—The Day of Oblation
  33. 33.GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING [S]
  34. 34.Nathan the Wise — Persons in the Drama — Act I — Act II — Act III
  35. 35.HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW [T]
  36. 36.Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie — I.—The Betrothal and the Exile — II.—The Quest and the Finding
  37. 37.The Song of Hiawatha [U] — I.—Of Hiawatha and His Battle with Mudjekeewis — II.—Of Hiawatha's Friends and of His Fight with Pearl-Feather — III.—Hiawatha's Life with His People and His Departing Westward
  38. 38.LUCRETIUS [V]
  39. 39.On the Nature of Things — I.—The Invocation and the Theme — THE TYRANNY OF RELIGION AND THE REVOLT OF EPICURUS — II.—First Principles and a Theory of the Universe — A HARD TASK AND THREEFOLD TITLE TO FAME — CALM OF MIND IN RELATION TO A TRUE THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE — PROPERTIES OF ATOMS — EPICURUS AND THE GODS — III.—Of Mind and Soul and Death — IV—The World's Origin and Its Growth — PRIMEVAL FERTILITY OF THE EARTH — SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST IN THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE — PRIMITIVE MAN — THE EVOLVING OF CIVILISATION
  40. 40.JAMES MACPHERSON
  41. 41.Ossian [W] — I.—Carthon — II.—Darthula
  42. 42.CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE [X]
  43. 43.The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus — Persons in the Play — Act I — Act II — Act III
  44. 44.MARTIAL [Y]
  45. 45.Epigrams, Epitaphs and Poems — I.—Satiric Pieces and Epigrams — MARTIAL ON HIS WORK — ON FREEDOM OF LANGUAGE — THE AIM OF THE EPIGRAMS — ON A SPENDTHRIFT — TO A RECITER WHO BAWLED — TO AN APOLOGETIC RECITER — ANSWER TO A POETASTER — ON A PLAGIARIST — A LOVER OF OLD-FASHIONED POETRY — A GOOD RIDDANCE — HOW A WET SEASON HELPS THE ADULTERATION OF WINE — THE SYSTEMATIC DINER-OUT — THE LEGACY-HUNTER CONSIDERS A MARRIAGE de Convenance — WIDOWER AND WIDOW — THE IMPORTUNATE BEGGAR — TO A FRIEND OVER-CAUTIOUS IN LENDING — AN OLD DANDY — PATIENT AND DOCTOR — APING ONE'S BETTERS — II.—Epitaphs — ON A DEAD SLAVE-BOY — ON A LITTLE GIRL, EROTION — III.—Poems on Friendship and Life — A WORTHY FRIEND — A RETROSPECT — GIFTS TO FRIENDS ARE NOT LOST — ON MAKING THE BEST OF LIFE — A DAY IN ROME (First Century a.d. ) — BOREDOM, VERSUS ENJOYMENT — THE HAPPY LIFE — AT THE SEASIDE — THE POET'S FINAL RETREAT IN SPAIN
  46. 46.PHILIP MASSINGER [Z]
  47. 47.A New Way to Pay Old Debts — Persons in the Play — Act I — Act II — Act III
  48. 48.JOHN MILTON [AA]
  49. 49.Paradise Lost — I.—The Army of the Rebel Angels — II.—The Fiends' Conclave — III.—Satan Speeds to Earth — IV.—Of Adam and Eve in Paradise — V.—The Morning Hymn of Praise — VI.—The Story of Satan's Revolt — VII.—The New Creation — VIII.—The Creation of Adam — IX.—The Temptation and the Fall — X.—Sin and Death Triumph — XI.—Repentance and the Doom — XII.—Paradise Behind, the World Before
  50. 50.Paradise Regained [AB] — I.—The Forty Days — II.—The Temptation of the Body — III.—The Temptation of Glory — IV.—The Last Temptation
  51. 51.Samson Agonistes [AC] — Persons in the Drama
  52. 52.MOLIÈRE [AD]
  53. 53.The Doctor in Spite of Himself — Persons in the Play — Act I — Act II

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