The Book of the Epic
1909
First Published
3.13
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526
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- Contains additional background information detailing the sixteen illustrations. "The main object of this volume consists in outlining clearly and briefly, for the use of young students or of the busy general reader, the principal examples of the time-honored stories which have inspired our greatest poets and supplied endless material to painters, sculptors, and musicians ever since art began." — A.D. Guerber Contains complete synopses of the world's most famous epics. If you don't have the time to read "The Odyssey", "The Iliad" or Dante etc. and need a concise yet comprehensive roundup - including quotes of important text passages - this book is for you. In addition to famous Greek and Latin epics, you'll find those of Spain, France, Italy, the British Isles, Germany and many more.
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Author
Helene A. Guerber
Author · 12 books
Hélène Adeline Guerber (1859 – 1929), better known as H.A. Guerber, was a British historian most well known for her written histories of Germanic mythology. Her most well known work is Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas - George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1908 in London. Other histories by Guerber include Legends of the Rhine (A.S. Barnes & Co., New York, 1895; new edition 1905), Stories of the Wagner Opera, The Book of the Epic, The Story of the Ancient World, The Story of the Greeks, The Story of the Romans, Legends of the Middle Ages, The Story of the Renaissance and Reformation, The Story of the Thirteen Colonies, and The Story of the Great Republic.
