Rambling Raconteur | The Novel: an Alternative History Beginnings-1600 my impressions of works discussed by Steven Moore @ramblingraconteur1616 | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
A discussion of my impressions of some of the 200+ works discussed by Steven Moore in his first volume of The Novel: an Alternative History
0:00 Opening
4:04 Ancient Novels
13:14 Icelandic & Irish Sagas and Arthurian Novels
19:55 Renaissance Novels
25:08 Native American Novels
26:37 Asian Novels: Arabic, Persian, & Indian
32:55 Asian Novels: Japanese & Chinese
Works mentioned:
The Novel by Steven Moore
Prometheans: Ancient and Modern by Burton Roscoe
Ancient Mesopotamia:
Atrahasis
Epic of Gilgamesh
Ancient Greece:
Dialogues by Plato
Cyropedia by Xenophon
Ancient Rome:
Satyricon by Petronius
Dialogues of the Dead and A True Story by Lucian, my discussion of True Story: youtu.be/iXKSNnLgUkA
(Lucian was from Syria and wrote in Greek during the era of the Roman Empire)
The Golden Ass by Apuleius aka The Metamorphosis
The Bible:
Yahwist tradition of Genesis and Numbers
Deuteronomist History: Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings
Ruth
Esther
Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John
Acts of the Apostles
Icelandic and Irish Sagas:
Saga of the Volsungs, my discussion: youtu.be/9Yzt7gSOGUg
Egil’s Saga, my discussion: youtu.be/h4OojBYdl7Q
Njal’s Saga, my discussion: youtu.be/depJuRN7tPc
The Táin, my discussion: youtu.be/CIMSL8VkP6E
Saga of Grettir the Strong, my discussion: youtu.be/K-CSGN5IxuU
Arthurian Fictions:
Lancelot-Grail Vulgate (Quest for the Holy Grail and Death of King Arthur)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Perceforest
Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory
Medieval Italy:
Decameron by Boccaccio
Renaissance:
Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto
Gargantua & Pantagruel by Rabelais
Dialogues by Aretino
Arcadia by Philip Sidney
The Unfortunate Traveller by Thomas Nashe
Native American:
The Legend of Lord Eight Deer, the Codex: archive.org/details/gri_33125011146541/mode/2up
Arabic and Persian:
Tales of the 1,001 Nights (Aladdin, Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor)
Vis and Ramin by Fakhraddin Gorgani, my discussion: youtu.be/hN6jMM29J9k
The Shahnahmeh by Ferdowsi
Layli and Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi
Haft Paykar by Nizami Ganjavi
India:
What Ten Young Men Did by Dandin
Emperor of the Sorcerers by Budha-Svamin
Ocean of the Rivers of Story by Somadeva
Flower Ornament Scripture
Japanese:
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams by Lady Sarashina, my discussion: youtu.be/1eLulWLVuT4
The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Chinese:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lao Ghuanzhong
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en
Plum in the Golden Vase or Ching Ping Mei by Scoffing Scholar
#booktube
A discussion of my impressions of some of the 200+ works discussed by Steven Moore in his first volume of The Novel: an Alternative History
0:00 Opening
4:04 Ancient Novels
13:14 Icelandic & Irish Sagas and Arthurian Novels
19:55 Renaissance Novels
25:08 Native American Novels
26:37 Asian Novels: Arabic, Persian, & Indian
32:55 Asian Novels: Japanese & Chinese
Works mentioned:
The Novel by Steven Moore
Prometheans: Ancient and Modern by Burton Roscoe
Ancient Mesopotamia:
Atrahasis
Epic of Gilgamesh
Ancient Greece:
Dialogues by Plato
Cyropedia by Xenophon
Ancient Rome:
Satyricon by Petronius
Dialogues of the Dead and A True Story by Lucian, my discussion of True Story: youtu.be/iXKSNnLgUkA
(Lucian was from Syria and wrote in Greek during the era of the Roman Empire)
The Golden Ass by Apuleius aka The Metamorphosis
The Bible:
Yahwist tradition of Genesis and Numbers
Deuteronomist History: Judges, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings
Ruth
Esther
Gospels of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John
Acts of the Apostles
Icelandic and Irish Sagas:
Saga of the Volsungs, my discussion: youtu.be/9Yzt7gSOGUg
Egil’s Saga, my discussion: youtu.be/h4OojBYdl7Q
Njal’s Saga, my discussion: youtu.be/depJuRN7tPc
The Táin, my discussion: youtu.be/CIMSL8VkP6E
Saga of Grettir the Strong, my discussion: youtu.be/K-CSGN5IxuU
Arthurian Fictions:
Lancelot-Grail Vulgate (Quest for the Holy Grail and Death of King Arthur)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Perceforest
Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory
Medieval Italy:
Decameron by Boccaccio
Renaissance:
Orlando Furioso Ludovico Ariosto
Gargantua & Pantagruel by Rabelais
Dialogues by Aretino
Arcadia by Philip Sidney
The Unfortunate Traveller by Thomas Nashe
Native American:
The Legend of Lord Eight Deer, the Codex: archive.org/details/gri_33125011146541/mode/2up
Arabic and Persian:
Tales of the 1,001 Nights (Aladdin, Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor)
Vis and Ramin by Fakhraddin Gorgani, my discussion: youtu.be/hN6jMM29J9k
The Shahnahmeh by Ferdowsi
Layli and Majnun by Nizami Ganjavi
Haft Paykar by Nizami Ganjavi
India:
What Ten Young Men Did by Dandin
Emperor of the Sorcerers by Budha-Svamin
Ocean of the Rivers of Story by Somadeva
Flower Ornament Scripture
Japanese:
As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams by Lady Sarashina, my discussion: youtu.be/1eLulWLVuT4
The Tale of Genji by Lady Murasaki
Chinese:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lao Ghuanzhong
Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’en
Plum in the Golden Vase or Ching Ping Mei by Scoffing Scholar
#booktube
