- 1Introduction
- 2Foreword
- 3Greek Epics
- 4The Iliad
- 5The Odyssey
- 6Latin Epics
- 7The Aeneid
- 8French Epics
- 9The Song of Roland
- 10Aucassin and Nicolette
- 11Spanish Epics
- 12The Cid
- 13Portuguese Epics
- 14The Lusiad
- 15Italian Epics
- 16Divine Comedy
- 17Purgatory
- 18Paradise
- 19The Orlandos
- 20Gerusalemme Liberata, or Jerusalem Delivered
- 21Epics of the British Isles
- 22Beowulf
- 23The Arthurian Cycle
- 24Robin Hood
- 25The Faerie Queene
- 26Paradise Lost
- 27Paradise Regained
- 28German Epics
- 29The Nibelungenlied
- 30Story of the Holy Grail
- 31Epics of the Netherlands
- 32Scandinavian Epics
- 33The Volsunga Saga
- 34Russian and Finnish Epics
- 35The Kalevala, or the Land of Heroes
- 36The Epics of Central Europe and of the Balkan Peninsula
- 37Hebrew and Early Christian Epics
- 38Arabian and Persian Epics
- 39The Shah-Nameh, or Epic of Kings
- 40Indian Epics
- 41The Ramayana
- 42The Mahabharata
- 43The Story of the Deluge
- 44The Story of Nala and Damayanti
- 45The Story of Savitri and Satyavan
- 46Chinese and Japanese Poetry
- 47American Epics
The Book of the Epic
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