Category: History - European
The unity of Spanish literature--Limits of treatment--A prevailing characteristic--The division into native and imitative--The inheritance from the fifteenth century--Spanish verse--The _Cancioneros_--The romances--The _Romanceros_--The quality of this poetry--Spain and Italy-...
THE STARTING-POINT--ITALIAN INFLUENCE--THE OPPOSITION TO RHYME--EXCUSES FOR THIS--ITS LITTLE EFFECT--POETRY OF FIRST HALF OF ELIZABETH’S REIGN--SPENSER--ORDER OF HIS WORK--HIS M...
23. CHAPTER X. FRANCE. POETRY OF THE LATER RENAISSANCE.THE PLÉIADE--RONSARD--THE LESSER STARS--‘THE DÉFENSE ET ILLUSTRATION DE LA LANGUE FRANÇAISE’--THE WORK OF RONSARD--HIS PLACE IN POETRY--JOACHIM DU BELLAY--REMI BELLEAU--BAÏF--DU...
16. CHAPTER IV. FORMS OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.THE PREVAILING QUALITY OF THE SPANISH DRAMA--TYPICAL EXAMPLES--‘LA DAMA MELINDROSA’--‘EL TEJEDOR DE SEGOVIA’--‘EL CONDENADO POR DESCONFIADO’--THE PLAYS ON “HONOUR”--‘A SECRETO A...
17. CHAPTER V. SPANISH PROSE ROMANCE.PASTORALS AND SHORT STORIES--THE ORIGINAL WORK OF THE SPANIARD--THE “LIBROS DE CABALLERÍAS”--THE ‘AMADIS OF GAUL’--FOLLOWERS OF ‘AMADIS OF GAUL’--INFLUENCE AND CHARACTER OF THES...
15. CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH AND DECADENCE OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.THE NATIONAL CHARACTER OF THE SPANISH DRAMA--THE FIRST BEGINNINGS OF THE RELIGIOUS PLAYS--THE STARTING-POINT OF THE SECULAR PLAY--BARTOLOMÉ DE TORRES NAHARRO--LOPE DE RUEDA--LOP...
22. CHAPTER IX. THE ELIZABETHAN PROSE-WRITERS.ELIZABETHAN PROSE--TWO SCHOOLS OF WRITERS--ROGER ASCHAM--HIS BOOKS AND STYLE--WEBBE AND PUTTENHAM--THE SENTENCE--EUPHUISM--THE ‘ARCADIA’--SIDNEY’S STYLE--SHORT STORIES--NASH’S ‘...
14. CHAPTER II. THE SPANISH LEARNED POETS.THE STARTING-POINT OF THE CLASSIC SCHOOL--THE NATURAL INFLUENCE OF ITALY--PREVALENCE OF THE CLASSIC SCHOOL--ITS ARISTOCRATIC SPIRIT--WHAT WAS IMITATED FROM THE ITALIANS--ITS TEC...
13. CHAPTER I. THE LATER RENAISSANCE IN SPAIN.THE UNITY OF SPANISH LITERATURE--LIMITS OF TREATMENT--A PREVAILING CHARACTERISTIC--THE DIVISION INTO NATIVE AND IMITATIVE--THE INHERITANCE FROM THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY--SPANISH VE...
18. CHAPTER VI. SPAIN--HISTORIANS, MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS, AND THE MYSTICS.SPANISH HISTORIANS--HISTORIES OF PARTICULAR EVENTS--EARLY HISTORIANS OF THE INDIES--GENERAL HISTORIANS OF THE INDIES--GÓMARA, OVIEDO, LAS CASAS, HERRERA, THE INCA GARCILASO--MEN...
24. CHAPTER XI. FRENCH PROSE-WRITERS OF THE LATER SIXTEENTH CENTURY.No race has ever allowed less of what it has done, suffered, or even only seen, to be lost than the French. It has ever been the ambition of the men of that people to leave some...
20. CHAPTER VIII. THE EARLIER DRAMATISTS.THE FIRST PLAYS--RESISTANCE TO CLASSIC INFLUENCE--ADVANTAGES OF THIS--AND THE LIMITATIONS--THE DRAMATIC QUALITY--CLASSIC, SPANISH, AND FRENCH DRAMA--UNITY IN THE ENGLISH PLAYS--...
26. CHAPTER XIII. CONCLUSION.The wealth of the period which we here call the Later Renaissance makes the task of giving the results of a survey of its manifold activities one of extreme difficulty. It is, i...
25. CHAPTER XII. THE LATER RENAISSANCE IN ITALY.The Later Renaissance, which was so great in Spain and in England, and in France was important, was elsewhere a time of decline, of silence, or of very faint beginnings. The lit...
21. did. The difference is not that between Wordsworth at his best andhis worst. It is the difference between Dryden and the bellman’s verses--between poetry and rank fustian, or commonplace. His short life, and the conditions in which it was pass...
6. CHAPTER VI. SPAIN--HISTORIANS, MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS, AND THESpanish historians--Histories of particular events--Early historians of the Indies--General historians of the Indies--Gómara, Oviedo, Las Casas, Herrera, the Inca Garcilaso--Men...
8. CHAPTER VIII. THE EARLIER DRAMATISTS.The first plays--Resistance to classic influence--Advantages of this--And the limitations--The dramatic quality--Classic, Spanish, and French drama--Unity in the English Plays--...
5. CHAPTER V. SPANISH PROSE ROMANCE.Pastorals and short stories--The original work of the Spaniard--The _Libros de Caballerías_--The _Amadis of Gaul_--Followers of _Amadis of Gaul_--Influence and character of thes...
1. CHAPTER I. THE LATER RENAISSANCE IN SPAIN.The unity of Spanish literature--Limits of treatment--A prevailing characteristic--The division into native and imitative--The inheritance from the fifteenth century--Spanish ve...
7. CHAPTER VII. ELIZABETHAN POETRY.The starting-point--Italian influence--The opposition to rhyme--Excuses for this--Its little effect--Poetry of first half of Elizabeth’s reign--Spenser--Order of his work--His m...
2. CHAPTER II. THE SPANISH LEARNED POETS.The starting-point of the classic school--The natural influence of Italy--Prevalence of the classic school--Its aristocratic spirit--What was imitated from the Italians--Its tec...
3. CHAPTER III. THE GROWTH AND DECADENCE OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.The national character of the Spanish drama--The first beginnings of the religious plays--The starting-point of the secular play--Bartolomé de Torres Naharro--Lope de Rueda--Lop...
10. CHAPTER X. FRANCE. POETRY OF THE LATER RENAISSANCE.The Pléiade--Ronsard--The lesser stars--The _Défense et Illustration de la Langue Française_--The work of Ronsard--His place in poetry--Joachim du Bellay--Remi Belleau--Baïf--Du...
9. CHAPTER IX. THE ELIZABETHAN PROSE-WRITERS.Elizabethan prose--Two schools of writers--Roger Ascham--His books and style--Webbe and Puttenham--The sentence--Euphuism--The _Arcadia_--Sidney’s style--Short stories--Nash’s _...
4. CHAPTER IV. FORMS OF THE SPANISH DRAMA.11. CHAPTER XI. FRENCH PROSE-WRITERS OF THE LATER SIXTEENTH12. CHAPTER XII. THE LATER RENAISSANCE IN ITALY.