ABSTRACT

First published in 1995. This anthology focuses on European languages, but also includes Arabic and Hebrew poetry of medieval Spain, arranged chronologically and accompanied by commentary about the poets' lives and work.

part I|82 pages

Classical Greek Literature

chapter 1|5 pages

Sappho

(Ca. 630–ca. 580 B.C.)

chapter 2|12 pages

Early Male Lyric Poets

chapter 3|6 pages

Theocritus and the Pastoral Tradition

chapter 4|56 pages

Strato of Sardis

part II|49 pages

Classical Latin Literature

chapter 5|19 pages

The Lyric

Catullus, Horace and Tibullus

chapter 6|3 pages

Vergil

chapter 7|6 pages

Ovid

chapter 8|17 pages

Satire

Martial, Juvenal and Petronius

part III|58 pages

Medieval Latin Literature

chapter 9|15 pages

A.d. 300-1000

chapter 10|18 pages

A.d. 1000-1300

chapter 11|22 pages

Anonymous Poems from Later Manuscripts

part IV|42 pages

Arabic Poetry

chapter 12|40 pages

Medieval Spanish Selections

part V|26 pages

Hebrew Poetry

chapter 13|24 pages

Medieval Spanish Selections

part VI|16 pages

Late Medieval Vernacular Literature to 1400

chapter 14|2 pages

The Trobairitz Bietris de Romans

(ca. Early 1200s)

chapter 15|8 pages

Dante Alighieri

(1265–1321)

chapter 16|4 pages

Geoffrey Chaucer

(Ca. 1341–1400)

part VII|50 pages

Italian Renaissance Literature to Michelangelo

chapter 17|48 pages

Selections from 1400 to 1550