The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga: With Introductions And Notes

"The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga" by Charles William Eliot is part of a 50-volume collection published between 1909-1910. This ambitious anthology aimed to provide readers with a liberal education through carefully selected classic works of world literature, historical documents, and important speeches. Edited by Harvard University President Charles W. Eliot with assistance from Professor William A. Neilson, the series sought to present the progress of human thought and civilization within twenty-three thousand pages, offering what Eliot considered essential knowledge for the cultivated twentieth-century reader. (This is an automatically generated summary.)