JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
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CONTENTS
AUTHOR OF "RENAISSANCE IN ITALY", "STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS," ETC
SECOND SERIES
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1914
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FIRST EDITION (Smith, Elder & co.) October, 1898
Reprinted May, 1900
Reprinted June, 1902
Reprinted November, 1905
Reprinted December, 1907
Reprinted February, 1914
Taken over by John Murray January, 1917
Printed in Great Britain at THE BALLANTYNE PRESS by SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE & co. LTD. Colchester, London & Eton
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
RAVENNA 1
RIMINI 14
MAY IN UMBRIA 32
THE PALACE OF URBINO 50
VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI 88
AUTUMN WANDERINGS 127
PARMA 147
CANOSSA 163
FORNOVO 180
FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI 201
THE DEBT OF ENGLISH TO ITALIAN LITERATURE 258
POPULAR SONGS OF TUSCANY 276
POPULAR ITALIAN POETRY OF THE RENAISSANCE 305
THE 'ORFEO' OF POLIZIANO 345
EIGHT SONNETS OF PETRARCH 365
FOOTNOTES