H. A. Guerber
The Book of the Epic
The World's Great Epics Told in Story
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066243692
Table of Contents
GERUSALEMME LIBERATA, OR JERUSALEM DELIVERED
THE KALEVALA, OR THE LAND OF HEROES
THE EPICS OF CENTRAL EUROPE AND OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA
HEBREW AND EARLY CHRISTIAN EPICS
THE SHAH-NAMEH, OR EPIC OF KINGS
THE STORY OF NALA AND DAMAYANTI
THE STORY OF SAVITRI AND SATYAVAN
INTRODUCTION
Every now and then in our reading we come suddenly face to face with first things—the very elemental sources beyond which no man may go. There is a distinct satisfaction in dealing with such beginnings, and, when they are those of literature, the sense of freshness is nothing short of inspiring. To share the same lofty outlook, to breathe the same high