The Later Renaissance

by David Hannay

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Periods of European Literature

EDITED BY
PROFESSOR SAINTSBURY

VI.
THE LATER RENAISSANCE

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PERIODS OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE.

Edited by Professor SAINTSBURY.

“The criticism which alone can much help us for the future is a criticism which regards Europe as being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result.”

—Matthew Arnold.

In 12 Crown 8vo Volumes. Price 5s. net each.

The DARK AGES	Professor W. P. Ker.
The FLOURISHING OF ROMANCE AND THE RISE OF ALLEGORY	The Editor.
The FOURTEENTH CENTURY	F. J. Snell.
The TRANSITION PERIOD	G. Gregory Smith.
The EARLIER RENAISSANCE
The LATER RENAISSANCE	David Hannay.
The FIRST HALF of 17th CENTURY
The AUGUSTAN AGES	Oliver Elton.
The MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY	J. Hepburn Millar.
The ROMANTIC REVOLT	Professor C. E. Vaughan.
The ROMANTIC TRIUMPH	T. S. Omond.
The LATER NINETEENTH CENTURY	The Editor.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SONS, Edinburgh and London.

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THE
LATER RENAISSANCE

BY
DAVID HANNAY

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
MDCCCXCVIII

All Rights reserved

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