The Growth of Literature, Volume 2First published between 1932 and 1940, this is a three-volume study of the historical development of literature. It explores the oral and written literatures of regions from Iceland and the British Isles, to Russia, the Balkans, Africa, India and the Pacific, placing them in their historical context and examining similarities between them. The authors discuss both ancient and recent texts, illustrating the connections within each group and considering the question of whether all literary growth is influenced by common factors. Praised on publication as '... a work that is not, probably could not be, superseded' (International Journal of Comparative Sociology), the book remains a benchmark for those studying comparative literature or the history of literary criticism. Volume 2 focuses particularly on Russia and the Balkans, and also surveys both early Indian and early Hebrew literature. |
Contents
HEROIC POETRY THE BYLINY | 27 |
THE HEROIC MILIEU INDIVIDUALISM IN THE HEROIC | 77 |
HISTORICAL AND UNHISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN | 101 |
NONHEROIC POETRY THE STIKHI | 180 |
POSTHEROIC ANTIQUARIAN GNOMIC AND DESCRIP | 207 |
77 | 218 |
THE RECITATION AND COMPOSITION OF HEROIC POETRY | 238 |
THE RECITATION AND COMPOSITION OF RELIGIOUS | 270 |
HISTORICAL AND UNHISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN HEROIC | 511 |
POETRY AND SAGA RELATING TO DEITIES | 529 |
511 | 546 |
THE TEXTS | 593 |
RECITATION AND COMPOSITION THE AUTHOR | 603 |
ANTIQUARIAN LEARNING | 621 |
INTRODUCTION LITERATURE AND WRITING | 629 |
GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE POETRY | 642 |
THE POPULAR POET AND STORYTELLER | 284 |
INTRODUCTION LITERATURE AND WRITING | 299 |
POETRY RELATING TO UNSPECIFIED INDIVIDUALS | 398 |
THE REMAINING CATEGORIES 1 ANTIQUARIAN | 410 |
INTRODUCTION LITERATURE AND WRITING | 459 |
407 | 496 |
THE HEROIC AGE HEROIC SAGA AND POETRY | 645 |
HISTORICAL AND UNHISTORICAL ELEMENTS IN | 677 |
ANTIQUARIAN LEARNING | 687 |
THEOLOGICAL AND MANTIC LITERATURE | 712 |
GNOMIC AND DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE LITERATURE | 733 |
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