Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz

Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz

Poland First published: 1834     Adam Mickiewicz, Pan Tadeusz (Master Thaddeus) orThe Last Foray in LithuaniaA Gentry Tale from the years 1811 and 1812Comprising Twelve Books in Verse   Published in Paris four years after a failed uprising against Russia...
Lönnrot, Kalevala

Lönnrot, Kalevala

Finland Published: 1835; 1849   Elias Lönnrot, Kalevala   Termed a “tradition-oriented epic,” the Kalevala is a multi-episodic narrative poem created out of folk songs sung by rural Karelian and Finnish singers of the nineteenth century. Incorporating...
Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

England First published 1954-1955 (written between 1937 and 1949)   J. R. R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien, was first published in three parts—The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King—in...