CONTENTS

PART I
LUDOVICO ARIOSTO
I A CRITICAL PROBLEM[3]
II THE LIFE OF THE AFFECTIONS IN ARIOSTO, AND THE HEART OF HIS HEART[18]
III THE HIGHEST LOVE: HARMONY[34]
IV THE MATERIAL FOR THE HARMONY[48]
V THE REALISATION OF HARMONY[69]
VI HISTORICAL DISASSOCIATIONS[95]
PART II
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
VII THE PRACTICAL PERSONALITY AND THE POETICAL PERSONALITY[117]
VIII SHAKESPEAREAN SENTIMENT[138]
IX MOTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT OF SHAKESPEARE'S POETRY[163]
X THE ART OF SHAKESPEARE[274]
XI SHAKESPEAREAN CRITICISM[300]
XII SHAKESPEARE AND OURSELVES[328]
PART III
PIERRE CORNEILLE
XIII CRITICISM OF THE CRITICISM[337]
XIV THE IDEAL OF CORNEILLE[362]
XV THE MECHANISM OF THE CORNELIAN TRAGEDY[390]
XVI THE POETRY OF CORNEILLE[408]
INDEX[431]

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