The Romance Of Biography

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Author

Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860

Title

The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols.

Credits

Produced by Julia Miller, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

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

Subject

Women in literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

35382

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35382

Release Date

February 24, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE LOVES OF THE POETS. — VOL. I. — THE ROMANCE OF BIOGRAPHY; — OR
3. 3.MEMOIRS OF WOMEN LOVED AND CELEBRATED BY POETS, — FROM — THE DAYS OF THE TROUBADOURS TO THE PRESENT AGE;
4. 4.BY MRS. JAMESON,
5. 5.THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
6. 6.CONTENTS — OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
7. 7.THE LOVES OF THE POETS.
8. 8.CHAPTER I. — A POET'S LOVE.
9. 9.CHAPTER II. — LOVES OF THE CLASSIC POETS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER III. — THE LOVES OF THE TROUBADOURS. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER IV. — THE LOVES OF THE TROUBADOURS CONTINUED. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER V. — GUIDO CAVALCANTI AND MANDETTA, — CINO DA PISTOJA AND SELVAGGIA. — LITERAL TRANSLATION. — A MESSER CINO DA PISTOJA. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. — LAURA. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. — LAURA AND PETRARCH CONTINUED. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. — ON THE LOVE OF DANTE FOR BEATRICE PORTINARI. — TRANSLATION. — FOOTNOTES: — THE WISH.—TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. — DANTE AND BEATRICE CONTINUED. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER X. — CHAUCER AND PHILIPPA PICARD. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. — LORENZO DE' MEDICI AND LUCRETIA DONATI. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. — THE FAIR GERALDINE. — A COMPLAINT, BY NIGHT, OF A LOVER NOT BELOVED. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. — GINEVRA, AND ALESSANDRA STROZZI. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. — SPENSER'S ROSALIND AND SPENSER'S ELIZABETH. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. — ON THE LOVE OF SHAKSPEARE. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. — SYDNEY'S STELLA. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. — COURT AND AGE OF ELIZABETH. — DRAYTON, DANIEL, DRUMMOND, &c. — A DIANE. — EPITAPHE DE MARIE. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. — LEONORA D'ESTE. — TRANSLATION. — TRANSLATION. — TRANSLATION. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XIX. — MILTON AND LEONORA BARONI. — SONNET. — SONNET. — FOOTNOTES: — END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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