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Eliot, Charles W. (editor): Harvard Classics 39: Prefaces & Prologues. v1. 15 June 07
Prefaces and Prologues To Famous Books "Each of the prefaces and prologues in this volume is a complete work of literature unto itself, offering a unique insight to the thoughts of its author." William Caxton The Recuyell of the Histories of Troy Title and Prologue to Book I Epilogue to Book II Epilogue to Book III Epilogue to Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers Prologue to Golden Legend Prologue to Caton (1483) Epilogue to Aesop (1483) Proem to Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Prologue to Malory’s King Arthur (1485) John Calvin Dedication of the Institutes of the Christian Religion - General Syllabus Nicolaus Copernicus Dedication of the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies to Pope Paul III John Knox Preface to The History of the Reformation In Scotland Edmund Spenser Prefatory Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh On The Faerie Queene Sir Walter Raleigh Preface to the History of the World Francis Bacon Proœmium of the Instauratio Magna Epistle Dedicatory to the Instauratio Magna Preface to the Instauratio Magna The Plan of the Instauratio Magna Preface to the Novum Organum Henrie Condell and Iohn Heminge Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare’s Plays Sir Isaac Newton Preface to the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica John Dryden Preface to Fables, Ancient and Modern Henry Fielding Preface to Joseph Andrews Samuel Johnson Preface to the English Dictionary Letter to the Right Honorable the Earl of Chesterfield Preface to Shakespeare J. W. von Goethe Introduction to the Propylaen William Wordsworth Advertisement to Lyrical Ballads Preface to Lyrical Ballads Appendix to Lyrical Ballads Preface to Poems Essay Supplementary to Preface Victor Hugo Preface to Cromwell Walt Whitman Preface to Leaves of Grass Hippolyte Adolphe Taine Introduction to the History of English Literature This work is assumed to be in the Life+70 public domain OR the copyright holder has given specific permission for distribution. Copyright laws differ throughout the world, and it may still be under copyright in some countries. Before downloading, please check your country's copyright laws. If the book is under copyright in your country, do not download or redistribute this work.
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Pretty neat! I didn't know this was part of the series. I bet that there are some very interesting topics here, and introductions can be wonderful surveys as well as good ways to understand the relevance of topics that may not appear important on the surface.
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