The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature
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- THE INFLUENCE OF OLD NORSE LITERATURE UPON ENGLISH LITERATURE
- CONRAD HJALMAR NORDBY
- 1901
- PREFATORY NOTE.
- INTRODUCTORY.
- CONTENTS.
- I. THE BODY OF OLD NORSE LITERATURE.
- II. THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF LATIN.
- THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771).
- THE SOURCES OF GRAY'S KNOWLEDGE.
- SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE (1628-1699).
- GEORGE HICKES (1642-1715).
- THOMAS PERCY (1729-1811).
- THOMAS WARTON (1728-1790).
- DRAKE (1766-1836). MATHIAS (1754-1835).
- AMOS S. COTTLE(1768-1800). WILLIAM HERBERT (1778-1847).
- SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832).
- III. FROM THE SOURCES THEMSELVES.
- RICHARD CLEASBY (1797-1847).
- THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881).
- SAMUEL LAING (1780-1868).
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882). JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891).
- MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888).
- SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT (1820-1896).
- CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875).
- EDMUND GOSSE (1849-).
- IV. BY THE HAND OF THE MASTER.
- WILLIAM MORRIS (1834-1896).
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- V. IN THE LATTER DAYS.
- ECHOES OF ICELAND IN LATER POETS.
- RECENT TRANSLATIONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
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