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christian epics

>> No.19472827

Clarel
Moses - Anthony Burgess
Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained

>> No.19472868

>>19472827
really tried clarel, but that rhyme scheme is just grit in the gooch

>> No.19472898

>100 obscure books no one has ever heard of, half of which are in old english, another quarter in foreign languages with no translation
amazing

>> No.19472899

>>19472868
what's the rhyme scheme?

>> No.19472905

>>19472898
then better get studying redditfriendo

>> No.19472920

>>19472899
Iambic tetrameter

>>19472868
I loved the rhyme scheme, it's jarring at first at worst. Have you read any other Melville poetry or his prose works after MD? His later collections are a bit smoother if you want to read those first to get the cadence, and Battle Aspects is also probably a good intro too. It's absolutely worth the read.

>> No.19472923

>>19472898
they are indeed amazing, you can find some on archive.org. like cynewulf and klopstock. i read piers plowman and it's fascinating. klopstock's the messiah also seems very nice

>> No.19472927

>>19472809
The City of Dreadful Night - James Thomson

>> No.19472936

Which ones are in English OP? I will read all the English ones

>> No.19472939

>>19472923
change my mind, the guy who made that chart has not read all of those titles. i swear you faggots just google search and add everything you can find to a chart.

>> No.19473143

>>19472936
there are many in english (or translated to) like the ones i mentioned >>19472923 william langland, cynewulf, klopstock. there's also the fall of niniveh, jerusalem delivered, the christiad, dream of the rood, messiah's kingdom, caedmon's poems, orlando furioso etc.

if english is your native tongue perhaps you should start the old english epics since they are your heritage

>> No.19473158

>>19472939
a librarian hasnt read all the books he catalogued did he

>> No.19475341

>>19472809
How long will this take to read?

>> No.19475363

>>19472809
Thank you Anon! I've been looking for a chart of Christian poetry/epics for a long time. I probably won't be able to access 3/4 of these but it still helps.