Chapter 2

_TUDOR TIMES--THE FASHIONS AND THE NOVEL_ 69

I. The Renaissance and the awakening of a wider curiosity--Travelling in Italy--Ascham's censures 69

II. Italian invasion of England--Italian books translated, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Tasso, &c.

English collections of short stories imitated from the French or Italian--Separate short stories--Lucrece of Sienna--A "travelling literature" 74

III. Learning--Erasmus' judgment and prophecies--The part played by women--They want books written for themselves--Queen Elizabeth, her talk, her tastes, her dress, her portraits--The "paper work" architecture of the time 87