BOOK II. ITALIAN

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE ORIGINS OF ITALIAN LITERATURE 173

II. DANTE: LIFE AND MINOR WORKS 193

III. THE DIVINE COMEDY 214

IV. PETRARCH 263

V. BOCCACCIO 283

VI. THE RENAISSANCE AND ARIOSTO 297

VII. TASSO 316

VIII. THE PERIOD OF DECADENCE AND THE REVIVAL 337

STUDIES IN THE POETRY OF ITALY