Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 243 Faguet, Émile 1847 1916 Faguet, Emile Faguet, Auguste-Émile Gordon, Home 1871 1956 Gordon, Home Seton Charles Montagu, Sir, Bart. Initiation into Literature Text file produced by Ted Garvin, Marlo Dianne, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger "Initiation into Literature" by Émile Faguet is a literary guidebook written during the late 19th century. The book is designed to introduce beginners to a broad sweep of literary history, starting from ancient writings and tracing the development of literature through various cultures and epochs, including Indian, Hebraic, Greek, Roman, and medieval literature. Faguet aims to spark curiosity and encourage further study, presenting an organized panorama of literary progress. The beginning of "Initiation into Literature" features a preface by the author outlining his intentions, emphasizing the book's role as a repository for those new to the study of literature. The opening chapters immediately delve into ancient Indian literature, discussing sacred texts like the Vedas, the emergence of Buddhism and its literature, and the famous epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana. Additionally, Faguet highlights the key characteristics of these works, such as their poetic style, moral teachings, and the inclusion of animals as significant characters—a reflection of the cultural context surrounding Indian literary traditions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Literature -- History and criticism PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 321008 2025-08-04T06:24:16.021272 text/html 321818 2013-05-22T09:14:30 text/html 184302 2025-08-04T06:24:22.657182 application/epub+zip 189472 2025-08-04T06:24:18.061216 application/epub+zip 189471 2025-08-04T06:24:16.769250 application/epub+zip 391990 2025-08-04T06:24:26.108201 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369963 2025-08-04T06:24:21.872224 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325902 2022-09-04T10:59:12.581718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276453 2025-08-04T06:24:15.420272 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 275949 2013-05-22T09:11:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 275965 2013-05-22T09:10:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20798 2025-08-04T06:24:26.246165 application/rdf+xml 14133 2025-08-04T06:24:17.362240 image/jpeg 3930 2025-08-04T06:24:17.107215 image/jpeg 107638 2013-05-22T09:14:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 112860 2013-05-22T09:14:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 107405 2013-05-22T09:14:56 application/octet-stream application/zip 180209 2025-08-04T06:24:16.045224 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia