Among his historical works are a life of Joan of Arc and a series of short investigations into some of Europe’s most mysterious figures, including the feral and enigmatic Kaspar Hauser and the seemingly deathless Comte de Saint-Germain. His version of that winsome medieval French love story, “ Aucassin and Nicolette,” is the one I read in college. Not only did Lang pioneer the study of myth and ritual, he helped establish the Folklore Society and served as president of the Society for Psychical Research. Butcher, Homer’s “ The Odyssey” and, with Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, “ The Iliad.” Both would be the standard English versions for half a century. Drawing on his classical education, he translated, with S.H. Besides being the champion of Robert Louis Stevenson and Haggard, he was the first critic to produce a study of Kipling’s work, found a publisher for the young Arthur Conan Doyle’s first major novel “ Micah Clarke,” and repeatedly informed the English that Mark Twain was one of the world’s great writers. Publication date 1889 Topics Fairy tales Publisher London New York : Longmans, Green Collection cdl americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. To me, Lang himself is a hero of literature. The blue fairy book by Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912.
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