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Mahabharata
The greatest epic of India. The text was probably written 400BC. The final changes were made AD400. It consists of 18 Parvans Books or Cantos), 12 000 chapters. The epic is 8 times longer... more »
EssaysThe Wanderer -- Reminiscencias épicas en este poema elegíaco anglosajón
What Makes a Hero? An Analysis of Characters in Beowulf and Macbeth. -- In Beowulf and Macbeth, Beowulf is the only true hero, for he has both courage and an unfailing allegiance to the higher good, while both Macduff and Macbeth fall short of being heroes because they lack one of these qualities.
Texts
LinksBeowulf on Steorarume (Beowulf in Cyberspace)
-- online edition of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem < Old English Literature
-- a comprehensible site on Old English Literature with an index to electronic editions of Old English texts, translations, and images of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts, links to other sites
Beowulf
-- McDaniel Lectures on British Literature: The History of the Poem, Chronology, Old English Poetry, The Warrior Society, The Making of an Epic Hero, Germanic Pessimism, A Failed Synthesis,
The Arabian Nights
-- Electronic Literature Foundation's site, a complete translation into English with naviagation toolbar, beautiful pictures
Mahabharata
-- a brief descritpion of Mahabharata, the story, reading suggestions
The Bhagavad-gita
-- text in English and interpretation of given chapters
The Upanishads, Max Müller, translator
-- complete translation into English with Introduction
Upanishads
-- information on the text with a table of 108 Upanishads, other links
Old English Poetry
-- information about the structure of Old English (Anglo-Saxon) poetry: alliteration, meter, style and subject, bibliography for Old English poetry
Old English Poetry
-- list of major Old English Poems with short information on each, links to other sites
Beowulf
-- Anglo-Saxon poetry literature mythology and Beowulf, links to other sites
Beowulf
-- text translated from Old English by Dr David Breeden
Beowulf
-- the adventures of Beowulf, an adaptation from the Old English by Dr. David Breeden with illustrations
the Arabian Nights
-- translation into English by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Mahabharata
-- the story of Mahabharata with description of all main characters
The BHAGAVAD-GITA in English
-- translations into various languages
Beowulf
-- complete text of the epic
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