| Description |
4 v. in 3. 19 cm. |
| Series |
Making of America.
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| Note |
"Author's edition." |
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A series of twenty-four tales, two for each month of the year; twelve from classical sources; the other twelve chiefly from medieval Latin, French, and Icelandic originals. |
| Contents |
v.1-2. An apology. Prologue: The wanderers. The author to the reader. March: Atalanta's race; The man born to be king. April: The doom of King Acrisius; The proud king. May: The story of Cupid and Psyche; The writing on the image. June: The love of Alcestis; The lady of the land. July: The son of Crsus; The watching of the falcon. August: Pygmalion and the image; Ogier the Dane.--v.3. September: The death of Paris; The land east of the sun and west of the moon. October: The story of Accontius and Cydippe; The man who never laughed again. November: The story of Rhodope; The lovers of Gudrun.--v.4. December: The golden apples; The fostering of Aslaug. January: Bellerophon at Argos; The ring given to Venus. February: Bellerophon in Lycia; The hill of Venus. Epilogue. L'envoi. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 2000. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of Making of America IV: the American voice, 1850-1877. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Literature, Medieval -- Paraphrases, tales, etc.
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Electronic information resources.
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Mythology, Greek
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| Added Author |
University of Michigan. Library.
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| In: |
Making of America. URL: http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ |
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