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The greatest surviving Old English poem rendered into modern proseBeowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest a...

Western drama, having all but disappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular ...

A collection of Greek fiction written between the first and fourth centuries AD'Callirhoe' is the stirring tale of star-crossed lovers Chaereas and...

La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades is considered the world's first picaresque novel and its prototype. Published in 15...

The eighteen chapters of The Bhagavad Gita (c. 500 b.c.), the glory of Sanskrit literature, encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul....

This major source of Chinese mythology (third century BC to second century AD) contains a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about th...

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European languag...

One of the great books of world literature--an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance.Based on Viking Age poems and ...