Literature and poetry.
Subtitle: Studies on the English language; the poetry of the Bible; the Dies iræ; the Stabat Mater; the hymns of St. Bernard; the university, ancient and modern; Dante Alighieri; the Divina commedia  by Philip Schaff.
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Published: 1890
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: I. The English Language : Heterogeneous in Formation, Homogeneous in Character, Universal in Destination for the Spread of Civilization, 1-62; title: Language and Reason, 1. — Origin of Language, 2. — Diversity of Language, 8-4. — The English Language — Grimm's Judgment, 5. — The Composite Character of the English Race and Language, 6. — The Proportion of Saxon, Latin, and other Elements in English, 7-8. — The Anglo-Saxon Stock, 9-14. — The Saxon Element in the English Bible, 14. — Illustrations from Shakespeare, 15. — The Latin Element, 16. — Original Latinisms, 16-19. — French Latinisms, 19-21. — The Gradual Mingling of the Saxon and Norman, 21-28. — The Relation of the Norman and Saxon Elements, 28-26. — Illustrations from Milton, 26. — Illustrations from Daniel Webster, 26-29. — The Other Elements of the English Language, 29. — The Celtic Element, 29. — The Danish, or Norse Element, 30. — Hebrew Words, 31. — Greek Words, 31. — Dutch Words, 32. — Italian Words, 33. — Spanish Words, 33. Arabic Words, 33. — Persian Words, 33. — Turkish Words, 34. — Slavonic Words, 34. — Indian Words and Names, 34. — Americanisms, 34. — Hybrid Words, 35. — The Organic Union of these Elements, 36. — Results of this Mixture. Spelling, 37. — New Middle Sounds, 38. — Musical English — Illustrations from Byron, Tennyson, and Poe, 37-38. — Simplicity of the Grammar, 40-41. — Brevity, 42-45. — Monosyllabic Character, 45. — Illustrations from Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Byron, Tennyson, 46-60. — Large Number of Synonyms, 51-54. — Perfectibility, 64-56. — Cosmopolitan Destination, 66. — Spread of the English Language, 66-69. — Providential Design, 59-60. — The English Language and the Bible, 60-62. — Conclusion, 62.; title: II. The Poetry of the Bible, 63-188; title: Origin of Poetry and Music, 64. — Poetry and Inspiration, 65. — Poetry and Religion, 65. — The Poetry of the Bible, 66. — The Spirit of Bible Poetry, 70.— Poetic Merit, 74. — Tributes of Poets and Scholars to Hebrew Poetry, 77. Classification of Bible Poetry, 79. — Lyric Poetry, 80. — The Song of Lamech, 82. — The Song of Moses, 83. — Lyrics in the Later Historical Books, 86. — David's Lament of Jonathan, 88.— The Psalter, 91. — The Lamentations, 93. — Lyrics in the New Testament, 95. — Didactic Poetry, 97. — The Proverbs, 99. — Ecclesiastes, 104. — Fable and Parable, 105. — Prophetic Poetry, 106. — Dramatic Poetry, 112. — The Song of Songs, 113. — The Book of Job, 116. — The Form of Bible Poetry: Poetic Diction, 120. — Versification, 122. — Parallelism of Members, 125. — Literature on Bible Poetry, 130.; title: III. The Dies Irae, 134-186; title: The Received Latin Text, 184. — The Name and Use of the Poem, 134. — Contents, 134. — Character and Value, 138. — Opinions of Critics, 141. — Origin and History, 145. — Thomas of Celano, 146. — The Text of Mantua, 149. — The Text of Hammerlin of Zurich, 160. — A Political Perversion, 161. — Translation of the Dies Irae, 162. — English Translations, 155. — German Translations, 173. — Literature, 182. — Chronological List of English Versions, 183.; title: IV. The Stabat Mater Dolorosa, 187-217; title: The Two Stabat Maters, 187. — The Mater Dolorosa, 188. — Character and History of the Hymn, 190. — Francis of Assisi, 195. — Jacobus de Benedicts, 196. — English Translations, 198. — German Translations, 210. — Literature, 216.; title: V. The Stabat Mater Speciosa, 218-231; title: The Latin Text, 218. — The Discovery of the Mater Speciosa, 220. — Authorship, 222. — Merits, 222. — English Translations, 228. — German Translations, 229.; title: VI. St. Bernard as a Hymnist, 232-256; title: Sketch of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 232. — "Jesu dulcis Memoria," 233. — The Benedictine Text, 234. — Mone's Text, 237. — English Translations, by Caswall, 239. — By J. W. Alexander, 241. — By Ray Palmer, 242. — By A. Coles, 242. — German Translation by Count Zinzendorf, 243. — St. Bernard's Passion Hymns, 245. — Ad Cor Christi : "Sumrai Regis Cor, A veto," 245. — Translation of Edward A. Washburn, 246. — Ad Faciem Christi: "Salve Caput Cruentatum," 248. — Translation by Mrs. E. R. Charles, 249. — By A. Coles, 250. — Modern Reproductions of Ancient Hymns, 252. — Gerhardt's "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden," 253. — J. W. Alexander's "O Sacred Head now Wounded," 253.; title: VII. The University: Past, Present, and Future, 256-278; title: The Mediaeval University, 256. The University of Bologna,262. The Eighth Centenary of the University of Bologna, 265. — The American University, 273. — Appendix, 278.; title: VIII. Dante Alighieri, 279-337; title: Dante, Shakespeare, Goethe, 279. — Life of Dante, 284. — Dante and Beatrice, 286. — The Donna Pietosa, 292. — Dante's Education, 298. — His Learning, 299. — His Marriage, 299. — Dante in Public Life, 300. — His Banishment. Dante and Boniface VIII., 303. — Dante in Exile, 304. — Can Grande, the Veltro, and the Dux, 308. — Dante in Ravenna, 312. — Death and Burial, 313. — Posthumous Fame, 314. — The Sixth Centenary of Dante's Birth, 316. — Character and Habits of Dante, 316. — Portraits of Dante, 317. — The Works of Dante, 319. — The New Life, 319. — The Banquet, 319. — On the Empire, 320. — The Canzoniere, 322. — On Popular Eloquence, 323. — On Water and Earth, 323. — Letters, 324. — The Creed, 324. — The Comedy, 325. — Note on Giotto's Portrait of Dante, 325.; title: Dante Chronicle, 326; title: Dante Literature, 338; title: IX. Poetic Tributes to Dante 338-344; title: Michael Angelo Buonarotti, 338. — Ludwig Uhland, 839. — W. W. Skeat, 340. — Henry Wards worth Longfellow, 343. — Alfred Tennyson, 343. — Emanuel Geibel, 344.; title: X. The Divina Commedia 345-42; title: General Estimate, 345. — The Sources of the Commedia, 348. — Name of the Poem, 352. — Time of Composition, 354. — Duration of the Vision, 356. — Dante's Cosmology, 357. — Explanation of the Commedia, 360. — Design of the Commedia, 365. — The Way to Paradise, 867. — The Poetic Form of the Commedia, 370. — The Dark Forest, 372. — The Inscription to Hell, 373. — Eternal Punishment, 375. — Vestibule or Fore-Hell, 378. — The Structure of the Inferno, 380. — Sin and Punishment, 382. — Impartiality of Dante, 383. — The Nine Circles of the Inferno, 384. — The Purgatorio, 392. — The Paradiso, 395. — The Beatific Vision, 403. — Dante's Theology, 405. — Dante's Relation to the Papacy and the Reformation, 410. — Dante and the Joachimites, 416. — Dante and Schelling. The Three Ages of Christianity, 424.; title: Alphabetical Index, 431-436; title: Illustrations.; title: Dante's Universe, 367; title: Dante's Inferno, 380; title: Dante's Purgatorio, 392; title: The Rose of the Blessed, in Dante's Paradiso, 403