Contents

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PREFACE[7]
CHAPTER
I.THE SPELL OF PROVENCE[17]
II.AVIGNON[29]
III.A SEVERE CRITIC—UZÈS AND BARBENTANE[49]
IV.PETRARCH AND LAURA[67]
V.THE CITIES OF THE LAGOONS[81]
VI.THE BIRTH OF CHIVALRY[93]
VII.THE GAY SCIENCE[111]
VIII.ORANGE AND MARTIGUES[131]
IX.ROMANTIC LOVE[143]
X.ARLES[159]
XI.SONG, DANCE, AND LEGEND[171]
XII.TARASCON[189]
XIII.THE PONT DU GARD[209]
XIV.A HUMAN DOCUMENT[219]
XV.BEAUCAIRE AND ITS LOVE-STORY[229]
XVI.CARCASSONNE, THE ALBIGENSES AND PIERRE VIDAL[241]
XVII.MAGUELONNE[261]
XVIII.THE SPIRIT OF THE WILDERNESS[269]
XIX.ROSES OF PROVENCE[283]
XX.AN INN PARLOUR[295]
XXI.LES BAUX[307]
XXII.RAIMBAUT DE VACQUEIRAS AND GUILHELM DESBAUX[321]
XXIII.THE SORCERESS OF THE ALPILLES[335]
XXIV.ACROSS THE AGES[349]
XXV.THE SONG OF THE RHONE[373]
XXVI.THE CAMARGUE[385]
XXVII."ARTISTS IN HAPPINESS"[401]