Delphi Medieval Poetry Collection Illustrated

Featuring twenty major works of European poetry over a period of a thousand years, this collection charts the development of verse from the fall of the Roman Empire to the birth of the Renaissance. Contrary to popular belief, the poetry of the Dark Ages enjoyed a pioneering development, exploring new metres and complex imagery. Throughout the Middle Ages, poetry adopted numerous forms across the continent, from the epic greatness of the ‘chanson de geste’ to the sublime lyrical qualities of love poetry. This eBook provides a rich sample of medieval poetry; from the earliest dawn of English literature to the unparalleled brilliance of Dante; from the courtly adventures of Arthurian legend to the stirring lays of the Vikings; from the Eastern magic of Georgia to the ribald genius of Chaucer; this collection will immerse you in the perilous, amusing and tantalising world of the Middle Ages. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the poets’ lives and works * Concise introductions to the works * Most of the poems appear with their original medieval texts, as well as an English translation — ideal for students * Images of how the original manuscripts first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the medieval texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the sections you want to read * Features three critical works on the development of medieval literature * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: Medieval Poetry Hymn by Cædmon (7th century) Christ II by Cynewulf (8th century) (Tr. Raymond Wilson Chambers) Beowulf (c.1000) (Tr. William Morris) The Song of Roland (c. 1050) (Tr. C. K. Moncreiff) The Poem of the Cid (c. 1140) (Tr. Robert Southey) Chronicle of the Norman Conquest from ‘Roman de Rou’ by Wace (c. 1170) (Tr. Edgar Taylor) Yvain, the Knight of the Lion by Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1180) (Tr. William Wistar Comfort) Parzival by Wolfram von Eschenbach (c. 1210) (Tr. Jessie Weston) The Troubadours (1100-1350) by H. J. Chaytor The Knight in the Panther’s Skin by Shota Rustaveli (c. 1190) (Tr. Marjory Wardrop) The Song of the Nibelungs (c. 1200) (Tr. Daniel Bussier Shumway) Lays of Marie de France (c. 1210) (Tr. Eugene Mason) The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris [PARTIAL TRANSLATION] (c. 1230) (Tr. Geoffrey Chaucer) Poetic Edda (c. 13th century) (Tr. Benjamin Thorpe) Wine, Women and Song: Mediæval Latin Students’ Songs (c. 13th century) (Tr. John Addington Symonds) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri (1320) (Tr. H. F. Cary) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (c. 1375) (Tr. Jessie Weston) Sonnets by Francesco Petrarca (c. 1374) (Tr. Thomas Campbell) Piers Plowman by William Langland (c. 1380) Edited by Thomas Wright The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1400) The Criticism The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory by George Saintsbury Medieval English Literature by W. P. Ker Epic and Romance: Essays on Medieval Literature by W. P. Ker Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

The contemporary and personal friend of Geoffrey Chaucer, the English poet John Gower produced works in the tradition of courtly love and moral allegory. ‘Confessio Amantis’, Gower’s greatest English poem, is a collection of exemplary tales of love, whereby Venus’ priest, Genius, instructs the poet, Amans, in the art of both courtly and Christian love. The stories derive from classical and medieval sources and are told with a tender, restrained narrative style. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Gower’s complete English works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Gower's life and works * Concise introduction to Gower’s life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes G. C. Macaulay’s 1901 text of ‘Confessio Amantis’, with line numbers * Macaulay’s seminal biography - discover Gower's medieval world Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of John Gower Brief Introduction: John Gower by Sidney Lee Confessio Amantis To King Henry IV: In Praise of Piece The Biography Life of Gower by G. C. Macaulay Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

A diplomat and distinguished politician, the English poet Matthew Prior was noted for verses of amusing urbanity and satirical deftness, as well as for writing some of the most elegant love poetry of the late seventeenth century. Prior essayed graver themes in his masterpiece ‘Solomon on the Vanity of the World’ (1718), framed as a disquisition on the vanity of human knowledge. Lastly, Prior was judged by all as the greatest epigrammatist of his age. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Prior’s complete works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Prior’s life and works * Concise introduction to Prior’s life and poetry * The complete poetry — text based on the George Bell and Sons 1907 Edition of Prior’s works * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Prior’s rare satirical work ‘The Country Mouse and the City Mouse’, satirising Dryden’s ‘The Hind and the Panther’ — first time in digital print * Rare prose works, including the seminal ‘Dialogues of the Dead’ — appearing here for the first time in digital publishing * Features two biographies, including Dr. Johnson’s famous Life of the poet — discover Prior’s intriguing life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titlesCONTENTS:The Life and Poetry of Matthew Prior Brief Introduction: Matthew Prior by Henry Austin Dobson Complete Poetical Works of Matthew PriorThe Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical OrderThe Satire The Country Mouse and the City MouseThe Prose Essays and Dialogues of the DeadThe Biographies Prior by Samuel Johnson Matthew Prior by Henry Austin DobsonPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

The first volume of our new Series Three offers the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with medieval illustrations, scholarly features, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Chaucer's life and works * Concise introductions to the poems and other texts * Images of how the books were first illustrated, giving your eReader a taste of the medieval texts * Excellent formatting of the poetry * THE CANTERBURY TALES features the original Ellesmere Manuscript illustrations of the pilgrims * Offers two versions of the major texts THE CANTERBURY TALES and TROILUS AND CRISEDYE, each with individual contents tables and links: The Oxford University 1894 scholarly text, with original spellings and line numbers (ideal for students) AND a modernised spellings and annotated text version to help the general reader now you can truly enjoy Chaucers language! * Special criticism section, with essays by writers such as G. K. Chesterton, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce evaluating Chaucers contribution to literature * Features four biographies immerse yourself in Chaucer's medieval world! * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry THE ROMAUNT OF THE ROSE THE BOOK OF THE DUCHESS THE HOUSE OF FAME ANELIDA AND ARCITE PARLEMENT OF FOULES TROILUS AND CRISEYDE (ORIGINAL TEXT) TROILUS AND CRISEYDE (MODERNISED AND ANNOTATED) THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN THE CANTERBURY TALES (ORIGINAL TEXT) THE CANTERBURY TALES (MODERNISED AND ANNOTATED) MINOR POEMS The Non-Fiction BOECE TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE The Criticism CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES by Grace Eleanor Hadow ON MR. GEOFFREY CHAUCER by G. K. Chesterton ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch LECTURES ON CHAUCER AND SPENSER by William Hazlitt Extract from MY LITERARY PASSIONS by William Dean Howells THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION by Andrew Lang THE PASTONS AND CHAUCER by Virginia Woolf Extract from INTRODUCTION TO THE PAINTINGS by D. H. Lawrence Extract from REALISM AND IDEALISM IN ENGLISH LITERATURE by James Joyce The Biographies CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND by G. G. Coulton CHAUCER by Sir Adolphus William Ward CHAUCERS OFFICIAL LIFE by James Root Hulbert BRIEF LIFE OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER by D. Laing Purves Please click here to browse our other titles

The legendary ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, T. E. Lawrence was a British archaeological scholar, military strategist and author, best known for his war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his revealing account of the conflict in his masterpiece ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’ (1926). An action-packed narrative of the campaigns in the desert with the Arabs, the book features rich character portrayals, engaging incidents and a tense introspection, exploring the author’s own complex mental and spiritual transformation. This eBook presents Lawrence’s collected works, with numerous illustrations and rare texts. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Lawrence’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * Almost all the published works, with individual contents tables * Features rare texts appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including ‘Crusader Castles’ * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Famous works are fully illustrated with their original artwork * Includes Lawrence’s rare posthumous works– available in no other collection * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: three works ('The Mint'; 'Crusader Castles'; 'The Odyssey') remain in US copyright and cannot appear in this edition. When new texts enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Non-Fiction Preface to ‘The Wilderness of Zin’ (1914) by C. Leonard Woolley Arab Memorandum to the Paris Peace Conference (1919) Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926) Revolt in the Desert (1927) Guerrilla Warfare (1929) Oriental Assembly (1939) The Translations The Forest Giant (1923) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

The English Poet Laureate from 1913 to 1930, Robert Bridges produced verse noted for its restraint, purity, precision and delicacy, yet strength of expression. It represents a distinct theory of prosody and his devout faith underpinned much of his work. Although he published several long poems and poetic dramas, his reputation rests upon the lyrics collected in ‘Shorter Poems’, while ‘New Verse’ features experiments using a metre based on syllables rather than accents. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Bridges’ complete poetical works (except for one poem), with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bridges’ life and works * Concise introduction to Bridges’ life and poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Rare late poems never digitised before * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes the complete verse dramas * A selection of prose works, including Bridges’ seminal work on his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, ‘The Testament of Beauty’ cannot appear in this eBook until 2025, when it will be added as a free update. CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Robert Bridges Brief Introduction: Robert Bridges The Growth of Love (1876) Prometheus the Firegiver (1883) Eros and Psyche (1885) Shorter Poems (1890-1894) New Poems (1899) Demeter: A Mask (1905) Later Poems (1912) Poems in Classical Prosody (1912) October and Other Poems (1920) New Verse (1926) The Poems List of Poems in Chronological Order List of Poems in Alphabetical Order The Verse Dramas Nero (1885) The Feast of Bacchus (1889) Achilles in Scyros (1890) Palicio (1890) The Return of Ulysses (1890) The Christian Captives (1890) The Humours of the Court (1893) The Second Part of the History of Nero (1894) The Prose A Practical Discourse on Some Principles of Hymn-Singing (1899) Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918) English Homophones (1919) On the Dialectal Words in Edmund Blunden’s Poems (1921) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

The late Romantic poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is considered one of the first modern Spanish poets. His ‘Rimas’ (Rhymes) are celebrated for their sensitive, restrained and deeply subjective quality. Bécquer’s poetry tackles themes of love, disillusionment and loneliness, while exploring the mysteries of life and poetry. In contrast to the rhetorical and dramatic style of the Romantic period, Bécquer’s lyricism, in which assonance predominates, is simple and airy. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Bécquer’s collected works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bécquer’s life and works * Concise introduction to Bécquer’s life and poetry * Images of how the poetry was first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Multiple translations of the ‘Rimas’: Owen Innsly, 1882; Mason Carnes, 1891 * Includes the original Spanish texts, edited by Everett Ward Olmsted in 1909, with hyperlinked footnotes and a vocabulary glossary * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Also includes Bécquer’s seminal romantic and gothic legends * Features a bonus biography — discover Bécquer’s world CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Brief Introduction: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1891) by Mason Carnes From the Spanish of Gustavo Bécquer (1882) by Owen Innsly Poems of Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Rendered into English Verse (1891) by Mason Carnes The Fiction Romantic Legends of Spain (1909) The Spanish Texts Legends, Tales and Poems (1909) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer The Biography Life of Bécquer (1907) by Everett Ward Olmsted Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set

Portugal's greatest poet, Luís de Camões is famous for his epic poem ‘The Lusiads’ and his mastery of lyrical verse. His influence is so profound that Portuguese is sometimes simply referred to as the ‘language of Camões’. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Camões’ collected poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Camões’ life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Multiple translations of ‘The Lusiads’ – including Richard Francis Burton’s learned translation, first time in digital print * Provides a special dual English and Portuguese text, allowing readers to compare stanzas of Burton’s translation and the original text – ideal for students * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Camões’ lyrical verse, translated by Burton - spend hours exploring the poet's rare works – available in no other collection * Features a bonus biography - discover Camões’ literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry Books THE LUSIADS: 1880 BURTON TRANSLATION THE LUSIADS: DUAL PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH TEXT THE LUSIADS: 1776 MICKLE TRANSLATION THE LYRICKS The Biography BRIEF BIOGRAPHY: LUIS VAZ DE CAMOENS by Edgar Prestage Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles