The Literature Book

39 Aristophanes’ comedy Wealth (Ploutus in Greek), performed here by modern actors, is a gentle satire that focuses on life—and ...

40 THE GATES OF HELL ARE OPEN NIGHT AND DAY SMOOTH THE DESCENT, AND EASY IS THE WAY AENEID (29 –19 bce), VIRGIL R ome began to r ...

41 See also: Iliad 26–33 ■ Metamorphoses 55–56 ■ The Golden Ass 56 ■ The Divine Comedy 62–65 ■ Paradise Lost 103 HEROES AND LEGE ...

42 FATE WILL UNWIND AS IT MUST BEOWULF (8TH–11TH CENTURY) A lthough academic opinions differ about the exact date Beowulf was wr ...

43 See also: The Epic of Gilgamesh 20 ■ Mahabharata 22–25 ■ Iliad 26–33 ■ Aeneid 40–41 ■ Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart 50 –51 ...

44 SO SCHEHERAZADE BEGAN... ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (c.8TH–15TH CENTURY) A cross the Arab world there is a long tradition of ...

45 See also: Mahabharata 22–25 ■ The Canterbury Tales 68–71 ■ The Decameron 102 ■ Children’s and Household Tales 116 –17 ■ Fairy ...

46 See also: Book of Changes 21 ■ Romance of the Three Kingdoms 66–67 ■ The Narrow Road to the Interior 92 C hina has a traditio ...

47 See also: The Pillow Book 56 ■ The Narrow Road to the Interior 92 ■ The Love Suicides at Sonezaki 93 J apanese art and cultur ...

48 See also: Beowulf 42–43 ■ “Under the Linden Tree” 49 ■ Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart 50 –51 ■ The Canterbury Tales 68–71 A ...

49 See also: The Song of Roland 48 ■ Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart 50 –51 ■ The Canterbury Tales 68–71 E ntertainment in the ...

50 HE WHO DARES NOT FOLLOW LOVE’S COMMAND ERRS GREATLY LANCELOT, THE KNIGHT OF THE CART (c.1175–1181), CHRÉTIEN DE TROYES T he t ...

51 When Lancelot is asked to ride in a cart, like a common convict, he does so very reluctantly. However, he later redeems himse ...

52 LET ANOTHER’S WOUND BE MY WARNING NJAL’S SAGA (LATE 13TH CENTURY) R ich in heroic exploits, family feuds, love affairs, legen ...

53 See also: Iliad 26–33 ■ Beowulf 42–43 ■ The Song of Roland 48 ■ Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart 50 –51 ■ Cantar de Mio Cid 5 ...

EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD (16TH CENTURY BCE) Illustrated and written on papyrus, the Egyptian Book of the Dead is a compilation ...

HEROES AND LEGENDS unfaithful spouse, Clytemnestra. The second play deals with revenge by the king’s daughter Electra and his so ...

and Rome. Metamorphoses has had a huge impact on both literature (including Shakespeare and Dante) and the visual arts, notably ...

HEROES AND LEGENDS NIBELUNGENLIED (c.1200) The main characters of this work have become internationally known through Wagner’s R ...

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