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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'Like the Arthurian and Carlovingian romances, portrays the
manners, the religion, and the ideas of love, honour and
morality that prevailed when it was written. The "Amadis", says
Ticknor, is admitted by general consent to be the best of all
the old romances of chivalry'.
=AMBROGINI, ANGELO.= _See_ =Poliziana=.
=AMIEL, H. F.= =French Writer.=
JOURNAL IN TIME. _Tr._ Mrs. H. Ward. 2 v. 1885.
=AMIS AND AMILOUN.= =Thirteenth century.=
_Ed._ Weber. METRICAL ROMANCES, vol. 2. 1810.
OF THE FRIENDSHIP OF AMIS AND AMILE. _Tr._ Wm. Morris, 1894.
[Kelmscott Pr.].
=AMMIANUS MARCELLINUS.= _b._ 320, _d._ 390. =Greek-Latin historian.=
THE ROMAN HISTORIE. _Tr._ Philemon Holland, 1609.
=ANACREON, BION, MOSCHUS.= ... _Tr._ T. Stanley, 1651.
ANACRAEON DONE INTO ENGLISH OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK. By T. Wood, A.
Cowley, J. Oldham and Francis Willis, 1683.
The influence of Anacreon on English literature was chiefly
through Horace; Waller, Lovelace, Herrick and Suckling imitated
the lyrics of A. to a great extent.
=ANCREN RIWLE.= =Assigned to Richard le Poor.= _d._ 1237.
_Ed._ J. Morton, Camden Soc., 1853.
=ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN=, _b._ 1805, _d._ 1875.
FAIRY TALES. DANISH FAIRY LEGENDS AND TALES. _Tr._ 1846. ONLY A
FIDDLER, and O. T., OR LIFE IN DENMARK. _Tr._ by Howitt, 1845.
=ANDERSEN, HANS C.=
DANISH FAIRY LEGENDS AND TALES. _Tr._ 1846.
IMPROVISATORE: or LIFE IN ITALY. _Tr._ M. Howitt, 1845.
NIGHTINGALE AND OTHER TALES. _Tr._ C. Boner, 1846.
PICTURES OF TRAVEL IN SWEDEN.... _Tr._ 1871.
SHOES OF FORTUNE. _Tr._ 1847.
TALES. Selected. _Tr._ 1875.
TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE. _Tr._ M. Howitt, 1847.
THE TWO BARONESSES. 2 v. _Tr._ 1848.
TO BE, or NOT TO BE? _Tr._ Mrs. Bushby, 1857.
THE UGLY DUCK. _Tr._ 1851.
THE WHITE SWANS. _Tr._ [1863].
WILL O' THE WISP, etc. _Tr._ H. W. DULCKEN [1867].
WONDERFUL STORIES FOR CHILDREN. _Tr._ M. Howitt, 1846.
One of the great story-tellers of the world.
His original genius is most conspicuous in his fairy tales. His
numerous works have been translated into most of the European
languages.
=ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE.=
A national record of events, which is said to have been begun
at the instance of King Alfred the Great (849-901). Its last
record is of the accession of Henry II, 1154. It is the oldest
historical work written in any Germanic language, and is the
basis of most of our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon History.
THE SAXON CHRONICLE, with an English translation. _Ed._ by James
Ingram, 1823.
THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, with a translation. _Ed._ by Benjamin
Thorpe. _Rolls Series_, 1861.
THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE. _Tr._ by J. A. Giles, 1847, and by J.
Stevenson, 1853.
=ANGLO-SAXON ANTHOLOGIES: COLLECTIONS.= _See_ =Anthologies, etc.=
=ANTHOLOGIES: ANGLO-SAXON, AND GENERAL COLLECTIONS. Poetical, Fairy
Tales, Folk-Tales and Traditional Literature.=
ASHTON, JOHN. THE ROMANCES OF CHIVALRY, TOLD AND ILLUSTRATED IN
FACSIMILE. 1886-89.
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