A history of criticism and literary taste in Europe from the earliest texts to the present day. Volume 2 (of 3)
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- From the Renaissance to the decline of eighteenth century orthodoxy
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1. Front matter2. A HISTORY OF CRITICISM AND LITERARY TASTE3. PREFACE.4. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA TO VOLUME II.5. BOOK IV RENAISSANCE CRITICISM6. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY—ERASMUS.7. CHAPTER II. EARLY ITALIAN CRITICS.8. CHAPTER II. EARLY ITALIAN CRITICS. (continued 2)9. CHAPTER III. SCALIGER, CASTELVETRO, AND THE LATER ITALIAN CRITICS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.10. CHAPTER IV. THE CRITICISM OF THE PLÉIADE.11. CHAPTER V. ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM.12. CHAPTER V. ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM. (continued 2)13. INTERCHAPTER IV.14. BOOK V THE CRYSTALLISING OF THE NEO-CLASSIC CREED15. CHAPTER I. FROM MALHERBE TO BOILEAU.16. CHAPTER I. FROM MALHERBE TO BOILEAU. (continued 2)17. CHAPTER II. THE ITALIAN DECADENCE AND THE SPANIARDS.18. CHAPTER III. GERMAN AND DUTCH CRITICISM.19. CHAPTER IV. DRYDEN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.20. INTERCHAPTER V.21. BOOK VI EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ORTHODOXY22. CHAPTER I. FROM ADDISON TO JOHNSON.23. CHAPTER I. FROM ADDISON TO JOHNSON. (continued 2)24. CHAPTER II. THE CONTEMPORARIES OF VOLTAIRE.25. CHAPTER III. CLASSICISM IN THE OTHER NATIONS.26. INTERCHAPTER VI.27. INDEX.