Classicly Books
Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry
John Dryden"Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry" from John Dryden. English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668 (1631-1700). Dryden’s discourses upon Sati..
Notes to The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyObstacles have long existed to my presenting the public with a perfect edition of Shelley's Poems. These being at last happily removed, I hasten to fulfil an important duty,—that of giving the product..
Sir Walter Scott
Richard H. HuttonSir Walter Scott from Richard Holt Hutton. English journalist of literature and religion (1826-1897). It will be observed that the greater part of this little book has been taken in one form or o..
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
Andrew LangPersons not much interested in, or cognisant of, “antiquarian old womanries,” as Sir Walter called them, may ask “what all the pother is about,” in this little tractate. On my side it is “about”..
The Divine Comedy
Dante AlighieriThe Divine Comedy is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri, written between 1308 and 1321, and it's considered one of the greatest works of world literature. It contains the Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise..
The Metamorphoses of Ovid
Publius Ovidius NasoThe Metamorphoses is a Latin narrative poem by the Roman poet Ovid, considered his magnum opus. Comprising 11,995 lines, 15 books and over 250 myths, the poem chronicles the history of the world from ..
The Lady of the Lake
Sir Walter ScottThe Lady of the Lake is a narrative poem by Sir Walter Scott, first published in 1810. Set in the Trossachs region of Scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a sin..
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico AriostoOrlando Furioso is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was not published in its compl..