Beautifully illustrated and arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z format, with more than 1,400 entries, this sweeping literary tour of traditional epics places all the legendary heroes and heroines, courageous deeds, and phenomenal myths in one rich and informative volume. 45 illustrations...
Identifies people, places, things, and myths found in the world's epic literature.
In the French chant-fable Aucassin et Nicolette originally performed by an early thirteenth-century minstrel of northeastern France, two lovers are kept apart. Yet even while enduring extreme hardships, their romantic bond cannot be broken, and they eventually reunite. And, in...