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TEXTS AND STUDIES OF THE POETS ARRANGED BY PERIODS OR
THE POETS' DATES
1
CONCERNING POETRY'S BEGINNING
War Cries, Labor Chanties and Lullabies
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 1-16.
[211]*
Gummere, F. B. The beginnings of poetry. [273]
The popular ballad.
Pound, Louise. Poetic origins and the ballad.
2 HOMER
[274]
"The great fact of ancient Greece is the poetry of Homer. " Texts:
Iliad; tr. by Alexander Pope.
Iliad; tr. into English blank verse by W. C. Bryant.
Iliad; done into English prose by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest
Myers. [56]
Odyssey ; tr. by Alexander Pope.
Odyssey; tr. into English blank verse by W. C. Bryant.
Odyssey ; done into English prose by S. H. Butcher and A. Lang. Odyssey; tr. into English rhythmic prose by G. H. Palmer.
Texts: Simple versions:
Church, A. J. Iliad for boys and girls. [63]
Odyssey for boys and girls.
Colum, P. Adventures of Ulysses, and The tale of Troy.
Lang, A. Tales of Troy and Greece. Marvin, F. S. Adventures of Odysseus.
[60]
[62]
[54]
[57]
[64]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 19-29.
[211]
Jebb, Sir R. C. Homer; an introd. to the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Livingstone, R. W. Pageant of Greece, p. 15-78.
Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek poetry, p. 3-79. [305]
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[285]
[65] [61]
[331]
[159]
[55]
[58]
[59]
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GREEK POETRY
Their songs the patterns for ours today.
General Books
Texts:
Appleton, W. H. Greek poets in English verse. Dole, N. H. The Greek poets ; an anthology. Leaf, W. Little poems from the Greek. 2v.
Comments:
[140] [148]
[157]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 30-
54.
Chapman, J. J. Greek genius. [229]
Dickinson, G. L. Greek view of life, p. 199-266.
Glover, T. R. From Pericles to Philip.
Hamilton, E. The Greek way, p. 62-101 ; 138-150; 200-239. Livingstone, R. W. The legacy of Greece, p. 249-287.
[211]
[246] [267]
The pageant of Greece.
Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek poetry. Moulton, R. G. Ancient classical drama. Tyrrell, R. Y. Essays on Greek literature.
The Anthology
Texts:
[278] [158]
Lawton, W. C. The soul of the anthology. Leaf, W. Little poems from the Greek.
Hesiod
Texts:
[305] [318]
[356]
[75] [157]
156.
Tyrrell, R. Y. Essays on Greek literature, p. 1-40.
[284]
[159]
Hesiod and Theognis by James Davies.
The poems and fragments done into English prose by A. W. Mair.
[53]
Pindar
Texts:
Extant odes ; tr. by Ernest Myers. [97] Golden porch by W. M. L. Hutchinson. [70]
Comments:
Jebb, Sir R. C. Growth and influence of classical Greek poetry, p. 126-
[241]
[356]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 57 Sappho
Text:
Fragments of the lyrical poems ; ed. by Edgar Lobel.
Comment:
Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek poetry, p. 83-112.
Theocritus
[115] [305]
Texts:
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus ; rendered into English prose by A. Lang.
[127]
Theocritus, Bion and Moschus; tr. into English verse by Arthur S.
Way.
Comment:
Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek poetry, p. 208-238.
4
GREEK DRAMA
[128]
[305]
How Grief and Beauty blended and became Greek tragedy. General Books
Texts:
Appleton, W. H. Greek poets in English verse by various hands.
Ten Greek plays; tr. by Gilbert Murray and others.
[3]
Comments:
Campbell, L. Tragic drama in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Shakespeare.
[226]
Goodell, T. D. Athenian tragedy. Moulton, R. G. Ancient classical drama.
Aeschylus
Texts:
Lyrical dramas; tr. into English verse by J. S. Blackie. [1]
Comments:
Campbell, L. Tragic drama in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Shakespeare.
[226]
Copleton, R. S. Aeschylus.
Goodell, T. D. Athenian tragedy, p. 183-201. Hamilton, E. The Greek way, p. 151-171. Smyth, H. W. Aeschylean tragedy.
[269]
[318]
[238]
[351]
[269] [278]
[125]
58 POETRY AND POETS
Aristophanes
Texts:
The Acharnians, and two other plays ; tr. by J. H. Frere. [4]
Comments:
Collins, W. L. Aristophanes.
[236] Hamilton, E. The Greek way, p. 102-137.
[278]
Lord, L. E. Aristophanes.
Euripides
[298]
Texts:
Euripides ; tr. into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray.
Medea, Trojan women, Electra; tr. by Gilbert Murray.
Comments:
Chapman, J. J. Greek genius, p. 1-131. [229] Glover, T. R.
From Pericles to Philip, p. 136-162.
Goodell, T. D. Athenian tragedy, p. 233-283. Hamilton, E. The Greek way, p. 186-199.
Murray, G. Euripides and his age.
Sophocles
Text:
Tragedies ; tr. into English prose by Sir R. C. Jebb.
[44] [45]
Comments:
Campbell, Lewis. Tragic drama in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Shake
speare.
Goodell, T. D. Athenian tragedy, p. 202-232.
Hamilton, E. The Greek way, p. 172-185.
Mackail, J. W. Lectures on Greek poetry, p. 141-173. Tyrrell, R. Y. Essays on Greek literature, p. 41-84. Warren, Sir T. H. Essays of poets and poetry, p. 1-43.
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LATIN POETRY
[211]
[226]
"Roman Power that was not of the Sword. " General Books
Texts:
Dole, N. H. The Latin poets.
Comments:
[149]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E Hill, p. 55-
75.
[278] [320]
[267] [269]
[269] [278]
[120]
[305] [356]
[360]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 59
Duff, J. W. Literary history of Rome. [252]
Mackail, J. W. Latin literature. [304]
Sellar, W. Y. Roman poets of the Augustan age. 2v. [345, 346]
Horace
Texts:
Complete works; tr. by various hands.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 55-
64.
Boissier, G. Country of Horace and Virgil.
Duff, J. W. Literary history of Rome, p. 496-545.
Haight, E. H. Horace and his art of enjoyment. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 1, p. 51-75. Rand, E. K. Walk to Horace's farm.
Sellar, W. Y. Horace and the elegiac poets.
Showerman, Grant. Horace and his influence.
[211]
Virgil
Texts:
Works: tr. into English prose by John Conington. Aeneid; done into English -verse by William Morris.
Comments:
[67]
[338]
[345]
[217]
[347]
[252] [277]
[334]
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 65-
75.
Boissier, G. The country of Horace and Virgil.
Duff, J. W. Literary history of Rome, p. 432-495. [252] Mackail, J. W. Virgil and his meaning to the world to-day. Myers, F. W. H. Essay: classical, p. 106-176.
Sellar, W. Y. Virgil.
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[211]
The story of Beowulf; tr. by E. J. B. Kirtlan. Beowulf; tr. by W. E. Leonard. ' [7]
[6]
[346]
HEROES OF THE NORTH AND HEROES OF CHIVALRY:
Beowulf, Siegfried, Roland, The Troubadours, Arthur, Launcelot and Tristram
Beowulf
Texts:
[131] [132]
[217] [322]
[308]
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Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 80-
82.
Church, A. J. Heroes of chivalry, p. 3-60. [26]
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 182-202.
The Nibelungenlied
Texts:
[211]
The lay of the Nibelung men; tr. by A. S. Way.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by D. B. Shumway.
The Nibelungenlied; tr. by G. H. Needier. [93] The story of Sigurd the Volsung, by William Morris.
The Sagas
[94]
Texts:
The story of the Volsungs and Niblungs ; tr. by E. Magnusson and Wil
liam Morris.
Saga of Grettir the Strong; tr. by G. A. Wright.
The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald the Tyrant. [112] Stories and ballads of the far past; tr. by N. Kershaw.
Song of Roland
Texts:
Song of Roland; tr. by Leonard Bacon. Song of Roland ; tr. by Jessie Crosland.
Troubadours
Texts:
Troubadour poets; tr. by Barbara Smythe.
[130]
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 82-
88.
Chaytor, H. J. The troubadours. [230]
[211]
Hueffer, F. The troubadours.
Le morte d'Arthur Texts:
Malory,
[312]
Pyle, Howard. Histories relating to the life and to the kingship of
Arthur, King of England, 4v.
Sir T. Le morte d' Arthur.
Morte d'Arthur; ed. by Sir E. Strachey. The boy's King Arthur ; ed. by S. Lanier.
[281]
[102]
[310]
[291]
[291]
[105] [106]
[91] [92]
[110]
Comments:
Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 205-314.
[Ill]
[311]
[113]
TEXTS AND STUDIES ARRANGED BY PERIODS 61
Comments:
Bulfinch, T. The age of chivalry.
Church, A. J. Heroes of chivalry, p. 63-211. [26]
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DANTE ALIGHIERI
He who, heartsick, poor and in exile, yet wrote "the universal poem," "The poem of repentance, the diary of
Texts:
redemption through love. "
The divine comedy; tr. by Henry Johnson. [33] The divine comedy ; tr. by C. E Norton. [34]
The divine comedy; tr.