CONTENTS
Introduction by J. Berg Esenwein
Foreword
Greek Epics
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Latin Epics
The Aeneid
French Epics
The Song of Roland
Aucassin and Nicolette
Spanish Epics
The Cid
Portuguese Epics
The Lusiad
Italian Epics
Divine Comedy
The Inferno
Purgatory
Paradise
The Orlandos
Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered
Epics of the British Isles
Beowulf
The Arthurian Cycle
Robin Hood
The Faerie Queene
Paradise Lost
Paradise Regained
German Epics
The Nibelungenlied
Story of the Holy Grail
Epics of the Netherlands
Scandinavian Epics
The Volsunga Saga
Russian and Finnish Epics
The Kalevala, or the Land of Heroes
Epics of Central Europe and of the Balkan Peninsula
Hebrew and Early Christian Epics
Arabian and Persian Epics
The Shah-Nameh, or Epic of Kings
Indian Epics
The Ramayana
The Mahabharata
Chinese and Japanese Poetry
American Epics
Index