Books published by Cosimo Classics

Popular American essayist, novelist, and journalist CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER (1829-1900) was renowned for the warmth and intimacy of his writing, which encompassed travelogue, biography and autobiography, fiction, and more, and influenced entire generations of his fellow writers. Here, the prolific writer turned editor for his final grand work, a splendid survey of global literature, classic and modern, and it's not too much to suggest that if his friend and colleague Mark Twain-who stole Warner's quip about how "everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it"-had assembled this set, it would still be hailed today as one of the great achievements of the book world.Highlights from Volume 13 include:. selections from the Eddas. excerpts from Alfred Eldersheim's biography of Jesus. the writings of Maria Edgeworth. the religious essays Jonathan Edwards. Egyptian literature. selections from the writings of George Eliot. essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. and much, much more.

It is impossible to overstate the importance of English poet GEOFFREY CHAUCER (c. 1343¿c. 1400) to the development of literature in the English language. His writings¿which were popular during his own lifetime with the nobility as well as with the increasingly literate merchant class¿marked the first celebration of the English vernacular as a tongue worthy of literary endeavor, most notably in his unfinished narrative poem The Canterbury Tales, the format and structure of which continues to be imitated by writers today. But the impact of Chaucer¿s work was felt even into the 16th and 17th centuries, when the first major collections of his writings set a high standard for how authors should be presented to the reading public.This widely esteemed seven-volume set¿first published in the 1890s by British academic WALTER WILLIAM SKEAT (1835¿1912), Erlington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge University¿is based solely on Chaucer¿s original manuscripts and the earliest available published works (with any significant variations or deviations between versions highlighted in the extensive notes), and comes complete with Skeat¿s informative commentary on many passages.Volume VI features:¿ Skeat¿s general introductory to the seven-volume set¿ a glossarial index to Chaucer¿s language¿ an index of proper names¿ an index of authors quoted or referred to by Chaucer¿ an index of books referred to in Skeat¿s notes¿ a general index to the seven-volume set¿ and more.