Magnusson
and Wil
liam Morris.
liam Morris.
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Ten Greek plays; tr. by Gilbert Murray and others.
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Comments:
Campbell, L. Tragic drama in Aeschylus, Sophocles and Shakespeare.
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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.
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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
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"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-
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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.
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Virgil
Texts:
Works: tr. into English prose by John Conington. Aeneid; done into English -verse by William Morris.
Comments:
[67]
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[217]
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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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The story of Beowulf; tr. by E. J. B. Kirtlan. Beowulf; tr. by W. E. Leonard. ' [7]
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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]
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Hueffer, F. The troubadours.
Le morte d'Arthur Texts:
Malory,
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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.
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Ker, W. P. Epic and romance, p. 205-314.
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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. by H. W. Longfellow. [35]
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Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 89-
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105.
Butler, A. J. Dante. [225]
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Dinsmore, C. A. Life of Dante.
Federn, K. Dante and his time.
Flamini, F. Introd. to the study of the Divine comedy. Gardner, E. G. Dante.
Grandgent, C. H. Dante.
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The ladies of Dante's lyrics.
Ker, W. P. Collected essays, v. 1, p. 305-320.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 4, p. 118-264.
Sedgwick, H. D. Dante.
Warren, Sir T. H. Essays of poets and poetry, p. 134-171; 217-269.
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PETRARCH
He who loved "the lady with the hair of knitted gold. "
Texts:
Sonnets, triumphs and other poems; tr. by various hands.
Comments:
Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 106-
123.
Everett, W. Italian poets since Dante. Horridge, F. Lives of great Italians. Jerrold, M. F. Francesco Petrarca.
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER
He who, as he dreamed, "raised poetry under English
Texts:
fogs and among English marshes. "
The Canterbury tales ; tr. into modern English verse by F. E. Hill.
[23]
Chaucer; ed. by H. N. McCracken.
Modern reader's Chaucer; put into modern English by J. S. P. Tatlock
[21]
Selections from Chaucer; ed. by W. A. Neilson and H. R. Patch.
Student's Chaucer ; ed. by W. W. Skeat.
Comments:
and Percy Mackaye.
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Auslander, J. The winged horse, by J. Auslander and F. E. Hill, p. 127-
136.
Hadow, G. Chaucer and his times.
Kittredge, G. L. Chaucer and his poetry.
Legouis, E. Geoffrey Chaucer.
Lowell, J. R. Literary essays, v. 3, p. 291-366. [301] Mackail, J. W. Springs of Helicon, p. 1-69. [306] Newbolt, Sir H. New study of English poetry, p. 119-159. Palmer, G. H. Formative types in English poetry, p. 33-59. Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Studies in literature, v. 2, p. 207-248.
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THE BALLAD-MAKERS
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Lang, A. Collection of ballads.
Quiller-Couch, Sir A. Oxford book of ballads.
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Unnamed, unknown, the people's poets through long, barren, war-swept years.
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Child, F. J. English and Scottish popular ballads. [146]
Gayley, C. M. Poetry of the people, by C. M. Gayley and M. C.
Flaherty.
Johnson, R. B. Book of British ballads.
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146.
Dixon, W. M. English epic and heroic poetry. [184] Gummere, F. B.
