Renaissance Literary Theory and Practice

About this eBook

Author

Baldwin, Charles Sears, 1867-1935

Title

Renaissance literary theory and practice : Classicism in the rhetoric and poetic of Italy, France, and England 1400-1600

Original Publication

Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1939, reprint 1959.

Credits

Stephen Hutcheson, Charlie Howard, C. S. Beers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Rhetoric, Medieval

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 72647

Release Date

January 6, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RENAISSANCE LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.RENAISSANCE LITERARY THEORY AND PRACTICE
6. 6.Chapter I THE RENAISSANCE AS A LITERARY PERIOD
7. 7.Chapter II LATIN, GREEK, AND THE VERNACULARS — 1. HUMANISTIC LATIN — 2. GREEK — 3. THE VERNACULARS — ( a ) Italian — ( b ) French — ( c ) English
8. 8.Chapter III IMITATION OF PROSE FORMS, CICERONIANISM, RHETORICS — 1. ORATIONS, LETTERS, DIALOGUES — 2. CICERONIANISM — 3. RHETORICS
9. 9.Chapter IV IMITATION IN LYRIC AND PASTORAL — 1. LYRIC — ( a ) Latin Lyric — ( b ) Italy and England — ( c ) France — 2. PASTORAL
10. 10.Chapter V ROMANCE — 1. THE ROMANTIC CONTRAST — 2. SEPARATE ROMANCES — 3. THE ARTHURIAN CYCLE IN MALORY — 4. THE CAROLINGIAN CYCLE ON THE STREET — 5. PULCI — 6. BOIARDO — 7. ARIOSTO — 8. TASSO AND SPENSER — ( a ) Tasso — ( b ) Spenser
11. 11.Chapter VI DRAMA — 1. SACRED PLAYS — 2. TRAGEDY — 3. HISTORY PLAYS — 4. PASTORAL AND RUSTIC COMEDY
12. 12.Chapter VII SIXTEENTH-CENTURY POETICS — 1. VIDA — 2. TRISSINO — 3. GIRALDI CINTHIO — 4. MUZIO — 5. FRACASTORO — 6. PELETIER — 7. MINTURNO — 8. PARTENIO — 9. SCALIGER — 10. RONSARD AND TASSO — 11. SIDNEY — 12. ENGLISH DISCUSSION OF VERSE — 13. PATRIZZI — 14. DENORES — 15. VAUQUELIN — 16. SUMMARY
13. 13.Chapter VIII PROSE NARRATIVE — 1. TALES — ( a ) Bandello — ( b ) Marguerite de Navarre — ( c ) Giraldi Cinthio — ( d ) Belleforest, Painter, and Fenton — ( e ) Pettie, Lyly, and Greene — 2. RABELAIS — 3. HISTORY — ( a ) Latin Histories — ( b ) Vernacular Histories
14. 14.Chapter IX ESSAYS — 1. DISCUSSIONS ON POLITICS AND SOCIETY — 2. MONTAIGNE
15. 15.FOOTNOTES
16. 16.INDEX

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