Frakes provides an extensive introductory essay exploring the notion of "epic" and this genre's history in connection with Yiddish literature. Following are translations, with extensive annotations, of four midrashic and four secular epics. These include Joseph the Righteous, Book of Samuel, Duke Horant, and Bovo of Antona, among others. Two appendixes present excerpts from the Book of Kings, and Briyo and Zimro. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)