The Book of the Epic

The Book of the Epic

H. A. Guerber, british historian most well known for her written histories of Germanic mythology (1859-1929)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- FOREWORD

-04- GREEK EPICS

-05- THE ODYSSEY

-06- LATIN EPICS

-07- THE AENEID

-08- FRENCH EPICS

-09- THE SONG OF ROLAND

-10- AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE

-11- SPANISH EPICS

-12- THE CID

-13- PORTUGUESE EPICS

-14- THE LUSIAD

-15- ITALIAN EPICS

-16- DIVINE COMEDY

-17- THE ORLANDOS

-18- GERUSALEMME LIBERATA OR JERUSALEM DELIVERED

-19- EPICS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

-20- BEOWULF

-21- THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE

-22- ROBIN HOOD

-23- THE FAERIE QUEENE

-24- THE LEGEND OF SIR GUYON, OR OF TEMPERANCE

-25- THE STORY OF BRITOMART - CHASTITY

-26- LEGEND OF COMBEL AND TRIAMOND, OR OF FRIENDSHIP

-27- THE LEGEND OF SIR ARTEGALL - JUSTICE

-28- LEGEND OF SIR CALIDORE OR OF COURTESY

-29- PARADISE LOST

-30- PARADISE REGAINED

-31- GERMAN EPICS

-32- THE NIBELUNGENLIED

-33- STORY OF THE HOLY GRAIL

-34- EPICS OF THE NETHERLANDS

-35- SCANDINAVIAN EPICS

-36- THE VOLSUNGA SAGA

-37- RUSSIAN AND FINNISH EPICS

-38- THE KALEVALA, OR THE LAND OF HEROES

-39- THE EPICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA

-40- HEBREW AND EARLY CHRISTIAN EPICS

-41- ARABIAN AND PERSIAN EPICS

-42- THE SHAH-NAMEH, OR EPIC OF KINGS

-43- INDIAN EPICS

-44- THE RAMAYANA

-45- THE MAHABHARATA

-46- THE STORY OF THE DELUGE

-47- THE STORY OF NALA AND DAMAYANTI

-48- THE STORY OF SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN

-49- CHINESE AND JAPANESE POETRY

-50- AMERICAN EPICS