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 verse--The _Cancioneros_--The romances--The _Romanceros_--The quality of this poetry--Spain and Italy--The _Diálogo de la Lengua_--Prose of the early sixteenth century--The influence of the Inquisition 1