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Periods of European Literature

EDITED BY

PROFESSOR SAINTSBURY

II.

THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH
CENTURIES

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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 AGESProfessor W.P. Ker.
The FLOURISHING OF ROMANCE
AND THE RISE OF ALLEGORY

The Editor.
The FOURTEENTH CENTURYF.J. Snell.
The TRANSITION PERIOD
The EARLIER RENAISSANCE
The LATER RENAISSANCEDavid Hannay.
The FIRST HALF of 17th CENTURY
The AUGUSTAN AGESOliver Elton.
The MID-EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
The ROMANTIC REVOLTEdmund Gosse.
The ROMANTIC TRIUMPHWalter H. Pollock.
The LATER NINETEENTH CENTURYThe Editor.

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