New Spain / Mexico First published in 1798 Juan Escóiquiz, México Conquistada: Poema Heroyco México conquistada [Mexico Conquered] is a 26-Book epic whose full title and publication information help to account for the celebratory light in which the...
Kyrgyzstan A fragment (in Persian) is dated to the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century, but an earlier version may have existed; the first written version of the epic is from the mid-19th century. Anonymous, Manas “…for us, Kirgiz, the dastan remains a...
Belarus 1820s The Aeneid Turned Inside Out (Eneida navyvarat) Eneida navyvarat [The Aeneid Turned Inside Out] is a Belarusian burlesque poem dating from the 1820s. Its plot is based on Virgil’s Aeneid, an epic written between 29 and 19 BC. Eneida navyvarat continues...
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...
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