The Norton Anthology of World Literature Volume C

by Lawall, Sarah N.

• ISBN13: 9780393977578
• ISBN10: 0393977579
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xvii
Phonetic Equivalents	xix
MAP: WESTERN AFRICA, 1200--1400	2408	(1)
Africa: The Mali Epic of Son-Jara	2409	(5)
TIME LINE	2414	(50)
The Epic of Son-Jara (Maninka, late thirteenth---early fourteenth century)	2415	(49)
From Episode 1. Prologue in Paradise	2415	(1)
From Episode 2. Mecca	2416	(3)
From Episode 3. Sankaran	2419	(10)
From Episode 4. The Manden	2429	(13)
From Episode 5. Mema	2442	(10)
From Episode 6. Kulu-Koro	2452	(7)
From Episode 7. Kanbi	2459	(5)
Fa-Digi Sisoko
John William Johnson
MAP: WESTERN EUROPE, CA. 1560	2464	(1)
The Renaissance in Europe	2465	(8)
TIME LINE	2473	(589)
Francis Petrarch (1304--1374)	2476	(14)
Letter to Dionisio da Borgo San Sepolcro [The Ascent of Mount Ventoux] (Italian)	2480	(5)
James Harvey Robinson
Henry Winchester Rolfe
[Sonnets] (Italian)	2485	(5)
[You who hear in scattered rhymes]	2485	(1)
[It was the day when the sun's rays turned pale with grief]	2486	(1)
[Apollo, if the sweet desire is still alive that inflamed you]	2486	(1)
Robert M. Durling
[Blest be the day, and blest the month and year]	2487	(1)
Joseph Auslander
[Father in heaven, after each lost day]	2487	(1)
Bernard Bergonzi
[When Simon received the high idea]	2487	(1)
Robert M. Durling
[She used to let her golden hair fly free]	2488	(1)
Morris Bishop
[Clear, fresh, sweet waters]	2488	(1)
[My ship laden with forgetfulness passes through a harsh sea]	2489	(1)
Robert M. Durling
333 [Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone]	2490	(1)
Morris Bishop
Desiderius Erasmus (1466?--1536)	2490	(27)
The Praise of Folly (Latin)	2494	(23)
Clarence Miller
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469--1527)	2517	(17)
Letter to Francesco Vettori [``That Food Which Alone Is Mine''] (Italian)	2520	(1)
Allan H. Gilbert
The Prince (Italian)	2521	(13)
New Princedoms Gained with Other Men's Forces and Through Fortune	2521	(3)
[Princely Virtues]	2524	(6)
[``Fortune Is a Woman'']	2530	(2)
[The Roman Dream]	2532	(2)
Allan H. Gilbert
Ludovico Ariosto (1474--1533)	2534	(15)
Orlando Furioso (Italian)	2537	(12)
From Cantos 23 and 24 [Orlando's Great madness]	2537	(5)
From Canto 25 [Fiordispina's Love for Bradamant]	2542	(5)
From Canto 29 [Angelica Encounters Orlando]	2547	(2)
Guido Waldman
Baldesar Castiglione (1478--1529)	2549	(15)
The Book of the Courtier (italian)	2552	(12)
From Book 1. To Messer Alfonso Ariosto	2552	(12)
Charles S. Singleton
Marguerite De Navarre (1492--1549)	2564	(27)
The Heptameron (French)	2568	(23)
From Prologue	2568	(3)
From Day One	2571	(1)
Story Three	2571	(5)
Story Four	2576	(5)
Story Five	2581	(2)
Story Six	2583	(2)
Story Seven	2585	(1)
Story Eight	2586	(5)
P. A. Chilton
Francois Rabelais (1495?--1553)	2591	(41)
Gargantua and Pantagruel (French)	2595	(37)
From Book I	2595	(1)
[Education of a Giant Humanist]	2595	(12)
[The Abbey of Theleme]	2607	(9)
From Book II	2616	(1)
[Pantagruel: Birth and Education]	2616	(2)
[Father's Letter from Home]	2618	(4)
[The World in Pantagruel's Mouth]	2622	(10)
Burton Raffel
Michel De Montaigne (1533--1592)	2632	(39)
Essays (French)	2636	(35)
To the Reader	2636	(1)
Of the Power of the Imagination	2636	(8)
Of Cannibals	2644	(9)
Of the Inconsistency of Our Actions	2653	(5)
Of Coaches	2658	(13)
Donald Frame
Miguel De Cervantes (1547--1616)	2671	(112)
Don Quixote (Spanish)	2675	(108)
From Part I	2675	(1)
Prologue	2675	(5)
[``I Know Who, I Am, and Who I May Be, If I Choose'']	2680	(20)
[Fighting the Windmills and a Choleric Biscayan]	2700	(14)
[Fighting the Sheep]	2714	(4)
[``To Right Wrongs and Come to the Aid of the Wretched'']	2718	(8)
[``Set Free at Once That Lovely Lady'']	2726	(5)
From Part II	2731	(1)
Prologue	2731	(3)
[``Put into a Book'']	2734	(6)
[A Victorious Duel]	2740	(25)
[``For I Well Know the Meaning of Valor'']	2765	(7)
[Last Duel]	2772	(3)
[Homecoming and Death]	2775	(8)
Samuel Putnam
Lope De Vega (1562--1635)	2783	(38)
Fuente Ovejuna (Spanish)	2787	(34)
Angel Flores
Muriel Kittel
William Shakespeare (1564--1616)	2821	(175)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (English)	2828	(91)
The Tragedy of Othello the Moor of Venice (English)	2919	(77)
John Milton (1608--1674)	2996	(66)
Paradise Lost (English)	3001	(1)
From Book 1 [``This Great Argument'']	3001	(1)
From Book 4	3001	(12)
The Argument	3001	(1)
[Satan's Entry into Paradise; Adam and Eve in Their Bower]	3002	(11)
From Book 8	3013	(10)
The Argument	3013	(1)
[Adam Describes His Own Creation and That of Eve: Having Repeated His Warning, the Angel Departs]	3013	(10)
Book 9	3023	(26)
[The Argument	3023	(1)
[Temptation and Fall]	3024	(25)
From Book 10	3049	(10)
The Argument	3049	(1)
[Acceptance, Reconciliation, Hope]	3050	(9)
From Book 12 [``The World Was All Before Them'']	3059	(3)
MAP: THE AMERICAS, 1500--1650	3062	(1)
Native America and Europe in the New World	3063	(5)
TIME LINE	3068
Florentine Codex (Nahutal and Spanish, 1547--1579)	3070	(3)
[The Midwife Addresses the Woman Who Has Died in Childbirth]	3071	(2)
John Bierhorst
[The Midwife Addresses the Newly Delivered Woman]	3073	(1)
Thelma Sullivan
Cantares Mexicanos (Nahuatl, 1550--1581)	3073	(3)
Song IV. Mexican Otomi Song	3075	(1)
Song XII. Song for Admonishing Those Who Seek No Honor in War	3075	(1)
John Bierhorst
Popol Vuh (Quiche Mayan, 1554--1558)	3076
From Part 1 [Prologue, Creation]	3079	(3)
From Part 2 [The Twins Defeat Seven Macaw]	3082	(2)
From Part 3 [Victory over the Underworld]	3084	(4)
From Part 4 [Origin of Humanity, First Dawn]	3088	(4)
From Part 5 [Prayer for Future Generations]	3092
Dennis Tedlock
A Note on Translation	A1	(1)
Permissions Acknowledgments	A12	(1)
Index	A13