Marino, Adone

Marino, Adone

Italy / France 1623 Giambattista Marino, Adone (Adonis) Giambattista Marino’s Adone can be characterized as a mythical poem. The well-known love story of Venus and Adonis, featured in Cantos III, VIII, XV, XVII, and XVIII of this poem of 20 cantos, is compounded by...
Milton, Paradise Lost

Milton, Paradise Lost

England Published: 1667 in 10 books, 1674 in 12 books       John Milton Paradise Lost     Paradise Lost emerged from the crucible of England’s Civil Wars, Interregnum, and Restoration, as well as the author’s life. John Milton (1608–74) had been...
Milton, Paradise Regained

Milton, Paradise Regained

England First published in 1671 John Milton, Paradise Regained Paradise Regained (1671) is a brief epic of 2,070 blank verse lines that John Milton (1608–74) published just four years after the first publication of his epic Paradise Lost (1667 in 10 books; 1674 in 12...
Epic of Köroghlu

Epic of Köroghlu

Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan Transcribed: c. 18th century CE     Anonymous, The Epic of Köroğlu     Benden selam olsun Bolu Beyi’neÇıkıp şu dağlara yaslanmalıdırOk vızıltısı, kalkan sesindenDağlar seda...
Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda

Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda

Ukraine 1798 Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi, Eneïda   Introduction commissioned. ​ Contributor NameUniversity Affiliation Works Cited (if applicable) Resources...