The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English LiteratureHarris, William James
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The First Printed Translations into English of the Great Foreign Classics: A Supplement to Text-Books of English Literature
Harris, William James
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SHAH NÁMA. _Tr._ and abridged by J. Atkinson, 1832.
Sir William Jones styles the 'Shah-námeh' 'a glorious monument
of Eastern genius and learning, which ... will contest the
merit of invention of Homer himself.'
=FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE.= _b._ 1821, _d._ 1880. =French novelist.=
BOUVARD AND PECUCHET. (1880.) _Tr._ 1896.
MADAME BOVARY. (Mœurs de province, 1857.) _Tr._ 1886.
SALAMMBÔ (1862). _Tr._ by M. French Sheldon [with an Introduction by
E. King]. 1886.
THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY. _Tr._ D. F. Hannigan, 1895.
=FLORIZ AND BLAUNCHEFLUR.= _Cir._ 1250. Ed. J. R. Lumby, E.E.T.S.,
1866.
Ed. Hartshorne. Laing, Abbotsford Club, 1857.
=FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNÆUS.= 2nd century. =Roman historian.=
ROMAN HISTORIES. _Tr._ [Edmund Bolton], 1618.
=FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOUYER DE.= _b._ 1657, _d._ 1757. =French
litterateur, mathematician and philosopher.=
CONVERSATIONS ON THE PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ [W. Gardiner]. 1715.
HISTORY OF ORACLES. _Tr._ 1688.
NEW DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ 1692.
NORTHERN WORTHIES; or THE LIVES OF PETER THE GREAT.... _Tr._ 1730.
A PLURALITY OF WORLDS. _Tr._ Mr. Glanvil, 1695.
THE THEORY OR SYSTEM OF SEVERAL NEW INHABITED WORLDS.... _Tr._ Mrs.
Behn, 1700.
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD. _Tr._ J. Hughes, 1754.
THE PRIZE OF WISDOM. _Tr._ 1713.
=FORTUNATUS.= 15th century. =German folk tales.=
FORTUNATUS. THE RIGHT PLEASANT AND VARIABLE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF
FORTUNATUS. Now first of all published in English by T. C. [Thomas
Churchyard]. 1612.
'One of the best "people's" books (Volksbücher) ever written'.
Thomas Dekker founded his 'Pleasant Comedie of Old Fortunatus'
(1600) upon this work.
=FOSCOLO, N. UGO.= _b._ 1777, _d._ 1827. =Italian poet.=
ESSAY ON THE LOVE, THE POETRY AND CHARACTER OF PETRARCH, comprising
numerous translations by the Author's Friends, Lady Barberina Dacre,
and others. 1823.
NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS ILLUSTRATING THE VICISSITUDES AND THE CESSION
OF PARGA, AND THE IONIAN ISLANDS. _Tr._ 1820.
=FOUQUÉ, FRIEDRICH HEINRICH KARL, BARON DE LA MOTTE.= _b._ 1777, _d._
1843. =German poet and romance-writer.=
AN ESSAY OF THREE TALES, i.e. The Cypress Crown, etc. _Tr._ 1820.
THE MAGIC RING. _Tr._ 1825.
MINSTREL LOVE. _Tr._ by G. Soane, 1821.
RED MANTLE. _Tr._ 1845.
SINTRAM AND HIS COMPANIONS. _Tr._ [by J. C. Hare]. 1820.
UNDINE; a romance. _Tr._ 1818.
=FOUR SONS OF AYMON=. 1490-91. By Caxton. Known and tr. as Renaud de
Montauban, see p. 36. _Ed._ [Miss] O. Richardson. 2 pts. E.E.T.S.
1884.
=FOX AND THE WOLF.= _Ed._ T. Wright and Halliwell in their Reliqueae
Antiquae, v. 1, 1841.
This is the first English poem connected with the animal saga.
Probably written during reign of Edward I and based on the
Roman du Reynard.
=FRANCE, ANATOLE.= _b._ 1844. =French poet, novelist and critic.=
COMPLETE WORKS. _Ed._ F. Chapman. 1908.
1. THE RED LILY. _Tr._ W. Stephens, 1908.
2. MOTHER OF PEARL. _Tr._ T. Chapman, 1908.
3. GARDEN OF EPICURUS. _Tr._ A. Allinson, 1908.
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