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EncyclopediaLang, AndrewLang, Andrew, 1844–1912, English scholar and man of letters, b. Scotland. His poetry, much of it written in the forms of ballades, triolets, and rondeaux, appeared in such volumes as his Ballads in Blue China (2 vol., 1880–81). Lang was one of the first to apply anthropological findings to the study of myth and folklore; his best work in this field was Myth, Literature, and Religion (1887, rev. ed. 1899). He is known for his prose translations of the Odyssey (with S. H. Butcher, 1879), and the Iliad (with Walter Leaf and Ernest Myers, 1883), and for his defense of the unity of Homer in The World of Homer (1910). With his wife, Leonora Blanche Lang, he translated and adapted traditional stories for children, published in his Blue Fairy Book (1889) and others. Lang also wrote literary and art criticism, a biography of J. G. Lockhart (1896), and several works on Scottish history, culminating in his History of Scotland (4 vol., 1900–1907). His poetical works were edited (1923) by his wife. See biography by R. L. Green (1946, repr. 1973). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Andrew Lang from Infoplease:
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- Homer, Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., Ernest Myers, M.A.: The Iliad - The execution of this version of the ILIAD has been entrusted to the three Translators in the following three parts:
- Homer, Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., Ernest Myers, M.A.: Of the battle around the body of Patroklos. - But Atreus' son, Menelaos dear to Ares, was not unaware of the slaying of Patroklos by the Trojans in the fray. He went up through the front of the fi
- Homer, Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., Ernest Myers, M.A.: Of the funeral of Patroklos, and the funeral games. - Thus they throughout the city made moan: but the Achaians when they were come to the ships and to the Hellespont were scattered each to his own ship:
- Homer, Andrew Lang, M.A., Walter Leaf, Litt.D., Ernest Myers, M.A.: How the body of Hector was ransomed, and of his funeral. - Then the assembly was broken up, and the tribes were scattered to betake them each to their own swift ships. The rest bethought them of supper and swe
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