| List of Illustrations |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| About the Editors |
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| The Nineteenth Century |
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15 | (4) |
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CROSSCURRENTS The Folk and Their Tales |
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AESOP'S FABLES (c. 6th Century B.C.E.) |
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20 | (2) |
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20 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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The Frogs Desiring a King |
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21 | (1) |
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The Hare and the Tortoise |
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22 | (1) |
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PANCHATANTRA (Early Centuries c.E.) |
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22 | (2) |
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The Turtle and the Geese (trans. Patrick Olivelle) |
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23 | (1) |
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JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (1621-1695) |
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24 | (2) |
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The Turtle and the Two Ducks (trans. N.R. Shapiro) |
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24 | (2) |
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THE PALI JATAKAS (Last Centuries B.C.E.) |
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26 | (3) |
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Prince Five-Weapons (trans. Robert Chalmers) |
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27 | (2) |
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JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (1848-1908) |
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29 | (2) |
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29 | (2) |
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CHARLES PERRAULT (1628-1703) |
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31 | (6) |
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Donkey-Skin (trans. Jack Zipes) |
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31 | (6) |
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BENEDIKTE NAUBERT (1756-1818) |
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37 | (16) |
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from The Cloak (trans. Jeannine Blackwell) |
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38 | (15) |
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JACOB AND WILHELM GRIMM (1785-1863) |
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53 | (4) |
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All-Kinds-of-Fur (trans. Magpun and Krappe) |
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54 | (3) |
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57 | (5) |
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Coyote and Bull (trans. Archie Phinney) |
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58 | (1) |
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Coyote as Medicine-Man (trans. Louis Simpson) |
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59 | (2) |
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The Origin of Eternal Death (trans. Edward S. Curtis) |
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61 | (1) |
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62 | (5) |
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County |
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63 | (4) |
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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) |
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67 | (28) |
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Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey |
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69 | (4) |
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73 | (1) |
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from Preface to Lyrical Ballads |
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74 | (4) |
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood |
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79 | (4) |
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83 | (1) |
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Mark the concen'tred hazels that enclose |
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84 | (1) |
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84 | (11) |
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from Book Fifth. Books [The Dream of the Arab] |
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84 | (3) |
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from Book Sixth. Cambridge and the Alps [Crossing the Alps] |
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87 | (3) |
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from Book Eleventh. France |
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90 | (1) |
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from Book Fourteenth. Conclusion [Ascent of Snowdon] |
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91 | (4) |
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PERSPECTIVES Romantic Nature |
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95 | (36) |
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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) |
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98 | (6) |
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from Reveries of a Solitary Walker-Fifth Walk (trans. Peter France) |
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98 | (6) |
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IMMANUEL KANT (1724-1804) |
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104 | (2) |
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from Critique of Practical Reason (trans. T.K. Abbott) |
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105 | (1) |
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WILLIAM BLAKE (1757-1827) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (4) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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ANNETTE VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF (1797-1848) |
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111 | (3) |
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The Heath-Man (trans. Jane K. Brown) |
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111 | (2) |
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In the Grass (trans. Jane K. Brown) |
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113 | (1) |
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GIACOMO LEOPARDI (1798-1837) |
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114 | (4) |
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The Infinite (trans. Iris Origo and John Heath-Stubbs) |
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114 | (1) |
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Dialogue Between Nature and an Icelander |
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114 | (4) |
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) |
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118 | (7) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (4) |
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862) |
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125 | (6) |
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126 | (5) |
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JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE (1749-1832) |
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131 | (123) |
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Faust (trans. David Luke) |
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132 | (118) |
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135 | (79) |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (5) |
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140 | (3) |
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143 | (10) |
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from Outside the Town Wall |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (9) |
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166 | (7) |
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173 | (7) |
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180 | (4) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (4) |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (3) |
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199 | (1) |
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By a Shrine Inside the Town Wall |
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200 | (1) |
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Night. The Street Outside Gretchen's Door |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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A Gloomy Day. Open Country |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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209 | (5) |
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214 | (67) |
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214 | (3) |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (5) |
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from Inner Courtyard of a Castle |
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225 | (6) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (4) |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (3) |
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The Great Forecourt of the Palace |
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242 | (2) |
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244 | (6) |
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250 | (1) |
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To the Moon (trans. Jane K. Brown) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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252 | (1) |
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Dusk Descended from on High |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824) |
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254 | (18) |
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from Don Juan, Cantos 2-4 |
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256 | (16) |
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272 | (11) |
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I'm neither the loosening of song (trans. Adrienne Rich) |
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274 | (1) |
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Come now: I want you: my only peace |
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274 | (1) |
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When I look out, I see no hope for change (trans. Robert Bly and Sunil Dutta) |
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274 | (1) |
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If King Jamshid's diamond cup breaks, that's it |
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275 | (1) |
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One can sigh, but a lifetime is needed to finish it |
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275 | (1) |
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When the Great One gestures to me |
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276 | (1) |
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For tomorrow's sake, don't skimp with me on wine today |
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276 | (1) |
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I am confused: should I cry over my heart, or slap my chest? |
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277 | (1) |
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She has a habit of torture, but doesn't mean to end the love |
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277 | (1) |
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For my weak heart this living in the sorrow house |
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278 | (1) |
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Religious people are always praising the Garden of Paradise |
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279 | (1) |
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Only a few faces show up as roses |
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279 | (1) |
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I agree that I'm in a cage, and I'm crying |
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280 | (1) |
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Each time I open my mouth, the Great One says |
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280 | (1) |
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My heart is becoming restless again |
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281 | (2) |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH PUSHKIN (1799-1837) |
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283 | (20) |
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I Visited Again (trans. Avram Yarmolinsky) |
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284 | (2) |
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The Bronze Horseman (trans. Charles Johnston) |
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286 | (10) |
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from Eugene Onegin (trans. J.E. Falen) |
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296 | (7) |
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PERSPECTIVES The National Poet |
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303 | (71) |
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304 | (33) |
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Reading Hsiao-Ching (trans. Nguyen Ngoc Bich and Burton Raffel |
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307 | (1) |
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from The Tale of Kieu (trans. Huynh Sanh Thong) |
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307 | (29) |
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Che Lan Vien: Thoughts on Nguyen (trans. Huynh Sanh Thong) |
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336 | (1) |
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ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD (1743-1825) |
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337 | (13) |
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The Mouse's Petition to Dr. Priestley |
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337 | (2) |
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339 | (2) |
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Eighteen Hundred and Eleven |
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341 | (8) |
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John Wilson Croker: from A Review of "Eighteen Hundred and Eleven" |
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349 | (1) |
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ADAM MICKIEWICZ (1798-1855) |
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350 | (7) |
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Chatir Dah (trans. John Saly) |
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351 | (1) |
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The Ruins of the Castle of Balaklava (trans. Louise Bogan) |
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352 | (1) |
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Zosia in the Kitchen Garden (trans. Donald Davie) |
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352 | (1) |
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The Lithuanian Forest (trans. John Saly) |
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353 | (1) |
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Hands That Fought (trans. Clark Mills) |
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353 | (1) |
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To a Polish Mother (trans. Michael) Mikos) |
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354 | (1) |
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Song of the Bard (trans. Michael J. Mikos) |
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354 | (3) |
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DIONYSIOS SOLOMOS (1798-1857) |
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357 | (4) |
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The Free Besieged (trans. M.B. Raizas) |
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357 | (4) |
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (13) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (5) |
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367 | (4) |
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As I lay with my head in your lap camerado |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (2) |
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PERSPECTIVES On the Colonial Frontier |
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374 | (51) |
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MIKHAIL LERMONTOV (1814-1841) |
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376 | (22) |
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377 | (21) |
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DOMINGO SARMIENTO (1811-1888) |
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398 | (6) |
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from Life of Juan Facundo Quiroga: Civilization and Barbarism (trans. Mary Mann) |
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399 | (5) |
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CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA) (1858-1939) |
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404 | (9) |
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from From the Deep Woods to Civilization |
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405 | (8) |
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HAWAIIAN SONGS (1860's-1890's) |
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413 | (4) |
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Forest Trees of the Sea (trans. Mary K. Pukui and A.L. Korn) |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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415 | (1) |
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A Feather Chant for Ka-pi'o-lani at Wai-manalo |
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416 | (1) |
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417 | (1) |
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417 | (9) |
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from Noli Me Tangere (trans. Soledad Lacson-Locsi) |
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418 | (7) |
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425 | (1) |
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SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834) |
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426 | (18) |
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427 | (2) |
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
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429 | (15) |
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444 | (11) |
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Fair-haired Eckbert (trans. Thomas Carlyle) |
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445 | (10) |
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HONORE DE BALZAC (1799-1850) |
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455 | (23) |
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Sarrasine (trans. Richard Miller) |
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457 | (21) |
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EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849) |
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478 | (9) |
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478 | (9) |
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GUSTAVE FLAUBERT (1821-1880) |
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487 | (27) |
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A Simple Heart (trans. A. McDowall) |
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489 | (19) |
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from Travels in Egypt (trans. Francis Steegmuller) |
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508 | (6) |
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PERSPECTIVES Occidentalism-Europe Through Foreign Eyes |
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514 | (30) |
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NAJAF KULI MIRZA (Early 19th Century) |
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514 | (10) |
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from Journal of a Residence in England (trans. Assad Kayat) |
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516 | (8) |
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MUSTAFA SAMI EFFENDI (c. 1790-1855) |
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524 | (5) |
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On the General Conditions of Europe (trans. Laurent Magon) |
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524 | (5) |
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HATTORI BUSHO (1842-1908) |
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529 | (2) |
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The Western Peep Show (trans. Donald Keene) |
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529 | (2) |
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OKAKURA KAKUZO (1862-1913) |
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531 | (13) |
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531 | (4) |
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Chiang Yee: from The Silent Traveller in London |
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535 | (9) |
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ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861) |
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544 | (23) |
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545 | (22) |
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CHARLES BAUDELAIRE (1821-1867) |
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567 | (26) |
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from The Flowers of Evil (trans. Richard Howard) |
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569 | (12) |
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569 | (1) |
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570 | (1) |
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571 | (1) |
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571 | (1) |
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572 | (1) |
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573 | (1) |
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574 | (1) |
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575 | (1) |
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576 | (1) |
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577 | (1) |
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578 | (1) |
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578 | (1) |
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579 | (2) |
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from The Painter of Modern Life (trans. P.E. Charvet) |
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581 | (4) |
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from Paris Spleen (trans. Edward K. Kaplan) |
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585 | (8) |
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585 | (1) |
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586 | (1) |
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587 | (1) |
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588 | (1) |
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Any Where Out of the World |
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588 | (1) |
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589 | (2) |
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Jules and Edmund Goncourt: from The Journal (trans. Baldick) |
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591 | (1) |
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Stephane Mallarme: The Tomb of Charles Baudelaire (trans. Bosley) |
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592 | (1) |
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Arthur Rimbaud: Vowels (trans. Fowlie) |
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592 | (1) |
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593 | (1) |
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593 | (1) |
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593 | (7) |
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After the Ball (trans. M. Wettlin) |
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595 | (5) |
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FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY (1822-1881) |
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600 | (80) |
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Notes from Underground (trans. Ralph E. Matlaw) |
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604 | (66) |
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Friedrich Nietzsche: from Daybreak (trans. R.J. Hollingdale) |
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670 | (1) |
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Ishikawa Takuboku: from The Romaji Diary (trans. D. Keene) |
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671 | (9) |
| OTHER AMERICAS |
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680 | (281) |
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HATHALI NEZ AND WASHINGTON MATTHEWS (1843-1905) |
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680 | (31) |
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The Story of the Emergence |
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683 | (10) |
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Nicholas Black Elk and John G. Neihardt: from Black Elk Speaks |
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693 | (18) |
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HERMAN MELVILLE (1819-1891) |
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711 | (24) |
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712 | (23) |
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1818-1895) |
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735 | (53) |
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass |
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736 | (52) |
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HARRIET JACOBS (1813-1897) |
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788 | (22) |
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from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Seven Years Concealed |
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789 | (21) |
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EMILY DICKINSON (1830-1886) |
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810 | (6) |
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I never lost as much but twice |
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811 | (1) |
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811 | (1) |
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There came a Day at Summer's full |
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812 | (1) |
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It was not Death, for I stood up |
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812 | (1) |
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After great pain, a formal feeling comes |
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813 | (1) |
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813 | (1) |
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814 | (1) |
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I heard a Fly buzz-when I died |
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814 | (1) |
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I live with Him-I see His face |
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814 | (1) |
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My Life had stood-a Loaded Gun |
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815 | (1) |
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Further in Summer than the Birds |
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815 | (1) |
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Tell all the Truth but tell it slant |
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816 | (1) |
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JOAQUIM MARIA MACHADO DE ASSIS (1839-1908) |
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816 | (29) |
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The Psychiatrist (trans. William L. Grossman) |
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817 | (28) |
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CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN (1860-1935) |
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845 | (11) |
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846 | (10) |
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856 | (4) |
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First, a look (trans. Alberto Acereda and Will Derusha) |
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857 | (1) |
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857 | (1) |
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857 | (2) |
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859 | (1) |
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What sign do you give...? (trans.) |
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859 | (1) |
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860 | (50) |
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A Doll's House (trans. William Archer) |
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862 | (48) |
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HIGUCHI ICHIYO (1872-1896) |
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910 | (7) |
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Separate Ways (trans. Robert Lyons Danly) |
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911 | (6) |
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917 | (20) |
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from The Travels of Lao Ts'an (trans. Harold Shadick) |
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918 | (19) |
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ANTON CHEKHOV (1860-1904) |
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937 | (12) |
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The Lady with the Dog (trans. Constance Garnett) |
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938 | (11) |
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RABINDRANATH TAGORE (1861-1941) |
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949 | (12) |
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The Conclusion (trans. K. Dutta and A. Robinson) |
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949 | (12) |
| Bibliography |
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961 | (8) |
| Credits |
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969 | (4) |
| Index |
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