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
Literature -- Translations into English -- Bibliography
King Horn belongs to the Anglo-Danish cycle of romance, with also Guy
of Warwick, and Colbrond the Dane.
=KISFALUDY, SANDOR= (=ALEXANDER=). _b._ 1772, _d._ 1844. =Hungarian
dramatist.=
ILKA, THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN AND OTHER STORIES. [Adapted from the
Hungarian of K. K. and others, by S. G.] 1892.
=KLOPSTOCK, FRIEDRICH GOTTLIEB.= _b._ 1724, _d._ 1803. =German poet.=
THE MESSIAH, A POEM. xiv. books. _Tr._ into English prose by Mrs. and
Mr. J. Collyer, 1763.
=KNIGHT OF THE SWANNE, HISTORY OF HELYAS.= _Tr._ 1512.
From French prose romance, printed 1504. Legend very old.
Chevelere Assigne, an alliterative poem from a French romance
of 30,000 verses.
See also p. 37.
=KORAN, or ALKORAN.=
The sacred book of the Mohammedans, written about A.D. 610
by Mohammed, and published about 634 by his successor, Abu
Bekr. Its contents are believed by Mohammedans to have been
communicated to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel during a period
of twenty-three years. The book was first _translated_ by
George Sale in 1734.
A LYTELL TREATYSE OF THE TURKES LAWES CALLED ALCORAN; AND ALSO IT
SPEAKS OF MAHOMET THE NYGROMANCER. Pr. W. de Worde. n.d.
ALCORAN OF MAHOMET. (By Alex. Ross.) 1642.
=KÖRNER, KARL T.= _b._ 1791, _d._ 1813. =German poet.=
HARP, THE. _Tr._ 1826.
HEDWIG; or, LOVE AND GRATITUDE. A drama. _Tr._ Mrs. B. Davenay, 1878.
LIFE AND SELECTIONS FROM HIS POEMS, TALES AND DRAMAS. _Tr._
Richardson, 1827.
LYRE AND THE SWORD. (1814.) _Tr._ 1834.
ROSAMOND. (1812.) _Tr._ 1830.
SONGS AND BALLADS. _Tr._ of Uhland, Körner, Bürger, etc. _Tr._ 1838.
WOLDEMAR. _Tr._ 1805.
=KRILOFF, I. A.= _b._ 1768, _d._ 1844. =Russian poet.=
KRILOFF AND HIS FABLES. _Tr._ W. R. S. Ralston, 1869.
=LA BRUYÈRE, JEAN DE.= _b._ 1639, _d._ 1696. =French writer and
moralist.=
THE MORAL CHARACTERS OF THEOPHRASTUS (1684). _Tr._ 1713.
'The Greek writer [Theophrastus] ... has been incomparably
surpassed by his imitator'.--Hallam.
=LA CALPRENÈDE.= _See_ =COSTES=.
=LA FAYETTE, DE.= _Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilbert Motier._ _b._
1634, _d._ 1693. =French authoress.=
PRINCESS OF CLEVES.... Written ... by the greatest wits of France,
1688.
PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER, 1666.
ZAYDE [1670]; a Spanish History. Written by Monsieur Segrais [and the
Countess de La Fayette], 1678.
Her 'Zayde' and the 'Princess of Cleves' were the first
French works of fiction that truly represented the manners
of the upper classes. Her style was very closely followed by
Richardson in 'Clarissa Harlowe'.
=LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE.= _b._ 1621, _d._ 1695. =French fabulist and
writer of 'Contes'.=
FABLES AND TALES IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH, now first translated, with
the Author's life (1668). 1734.
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