Dante still on line, other cool books
- From: Bones Monkey <dudeman5685@[redacted]>
- Subject: Dante still on line, other cool books
- Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2006 11:27:07 PDT
Hi ya, ya'll!
This is just to remind you that that archive of Dantes
complete works is still up and running, but actually I
wanted to take this opprotunity to tell you about some
miscellaneous text that I have found and since the
"still" prefix usually gets alot of attention, I
thought I'd use it.
For one thing, using the Dictionary of Literary
Biography as my guide, I found 3 important American
"firsts"...
Goerge Tuckers "A Voyage to the Moon" the first
American Science Fiction novel
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10005/10005-8.txt
The first novel written by a Native American
(ironically, a romance about a Mexican Bandit)
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=83716725b0bd11764062b81a2a95426c&c=wright2&view=reslist&type=simple&q1=Yellow%20Bird.&rgn=author
And the first novel written by an Afro-American. Also
historically interesting because its plot revolves
around the recently confirmed Jefferson-Hemmings
affair)
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=83716725b0bd11764062b81a2a95426c&c=wright2&view=reslist&type=simple&q1=Brown%2C%20William%20Wells%2C%20%281815-1884%29&rgn=author
(There are two versions of this book on-line, the 1864
and 1867, both revisions of the 1853)
On an unrelated note, I have also found some notable
Celtic/Arthurian texts-
The 13th century "Arthour and Merlin"
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~phon0013/Arthour%20and%20Merlin/index.html
(This also availible in 2 versions, 13th century
English and modern)
One I'm really excited about, a tranlation of the
famous German Tristan poem by Gottfreid von
Strassbourg
http://www.tristanandisolde.net/Literature/literature_Strassburg_2.asp
This is the first sample of Classical German Arthurian
poetry on-line in English.
And finally, a more curious piece, what appears to be
a later Welsh reworking of Geoffry of Monmouth,
appearing, for some reason, on a Creationist website.
http://www.annomundi.com/history/chronicle_of_the_early_britons.pdf
I do hope that the subscibers of Bookpeople will enjoy
these links, and hopefully, they could be appreciated
by many more people if conviently listed on the OBP.
Sincerly
Jonathan L. Wright