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Every now and then in our reading we come suddenly face to face with first things,--the very elemental sources beyond which no man may go. There is a distinct satisfaction in dealing with such beginnings, and, when they are those of literature, the sense of freshness is nothing short of inspiring. To share the same lofty outlook, to breathe the same high air with those who first sensed a whole era of creative thoughts, is the next thing to being the gods' chosen medium for those primal expressions. All this is not to say that the epic is the oldest form of literary expression, but. | The Book of the Epic by Helene A. Guerber 1 PART I. A COUNCIL HELD BY KING MARSILE AT Song of PART II. PRELUDE TO THE GREAT BATTLE. It is only when the Saracen army PART III. REPRISALS. Roland has barely breathed his last when The Book of the Epic by Helene A. Guerber The Project Gutenberg eBook The Book of the Epic by Helene A. Guerber et al This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Book of the Epic Author Helene A. Guerber Release Date November 8 2004 eBook 13983 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE BOOK OF THE EPIC E-text prepared by Ted Garvin Cathy Smith and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE BOOK OF THE EPIC The Book of the Epic by Helene A. Guerber The World s Great Epics Told in Story 2 by H. A. GUERBER Author of Myths of Greece and Rome Myths of Northern Lands Legends of the Middle Ages etc. With an Introduction by J. Berg Esenwein Litt. D. With Sixteen Illustrations from the Masters of Painting 1913 INTRODUCTION Every now and then in our reading we come suddenly face to face with first things --the very elemental sources beyond which no man may go. There is a distinct satisfaction in dealing with such beginnings and when they are those of literature the sense of freshness is nothing short of inspiring. To share the same lofty outlook to breathe the same high air with those who first sensed a whole era of creative thoughts is the next thing to being the gods chosen medium for those primal expressions. All this is not to say that the epic is the oldest form of literary expression but it is the expression of the oldest literary ideas for even when the epic is not at all primitive in form it deals essentially with elemental moods and ideals. Epical .

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