Fable and song in Italy
By: by E. M. Clerke.
Publisher: R. West
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Italian poetry -- To 1400 -- History and criticism.; Italian poetry -- History and criticism.; Epic poetry, Italian -- History and criticism.; Civilization, Medieval, in literature.; Mythology in literature.
Notes: Reprint of the 1899 ed. published by G. Richards, London.
Table of contents: title: The legacy of the past.; title: The Theseid and the octave stanza.; title: The preludes of the ballad epic.; title: Charlemagne's tournament.; title: The Hercules saga in mediaeval song.; title: Circe the island goddess.; title: Fountain magic.; title: Lyrics of Boiardo.; title: Verse letters of Ariosto.; title: Italian folk songs.; title: The Tuscan Béranger.; title: Manzoni and modern romanticism.; title: Epilogue.