i. Medieval Conceptions of Poetry.

ii. The Moral Justification of Poetry.

iii. The Final Justification of Poetry.

II. THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE

i. Poetry as a Form of Scholastic Philosophy.

ii. Poetry as an Imitation of Life.

iii. The Function of Poetry.

III. THE THEORY OF THE DRAMA

i. The Subject of Tragedy.

ii. The Function of Tragedy.

iii. The Characters of Tragedy.

iv. The Dramatic Unities.

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VI. ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN ITALIAN CRITICISM

i. The Ancient Romantic Element.

ii. Mediæval Elements.

iii. Modern Elements.

PART SECOND

LITERARY CRITICISM IN FRANCE

I. THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH

CRITICISM IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

i. Character.

ii. Development.

II. THE THEORY OF POETRY IN THE FRENCH

RENAISSANCE

i. The Poetic Art.

ii. The Drama.

iii. Heroic Poetry.

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III. CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN FRENCH

CRITICISM DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 214

i. Classical Elements.

ii. Romantic Elements.

IV. THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSIC IDEAL IN THE

PART THIRD

LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLAND

I. THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH CRITICISM FROM

ASCHAM TO MILTON

II.

THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE

ELIZABETHAN AGE

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III. THE THEORY OF DRAMATIC AND HEROIC POETRY 282

i. Tragedy.

ii. Comedy.

iii. The Dramatic Unities.

iv. Epic Poetry.

IV. CLASSICAL ELEMENTS IN ELIZABETHAN CRITICISM 296

i. Introductory: Romantic Elements.

A. Chronological Table of the Chief Critical

Works of the Sixteenth Century.

B. Salviati's Account of the Commentators on

Aristotle's Poetics.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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PART FIRST

LITERARY CRITICISM IN ITALY