Contents
Chapter I. [Foreign Pastoral Poetry]
- [The origin and nature of pastoral]
- [Greek pastoral poetry]
- [The bucolic eclogue in classical Latin]
- [Medieval and humanistic eclogues]
- [Italian pastoral poetry]
- [The Italian pastoral romance]
- [Pastoral in Spain]
- [Pastoral in France]
Chapter II. [Pastoral Poetry in England]
- [Early pastoral verse]
- [Spenser]
- [Spenser's immediate followers]
- [The regular eclogists]
- [Lyrical and occasional verse]
- [Milton's Lycidas and Browne's Britannia's Pastorals]
- [The pastoral romances]
Chapter III. [Italian Pastoral Drama]
- [Mythological plays containing pastoral elements]
- [Evolution of the pastoral drama] (see [Appendix I])
- [Tasso and his Aminta]
- [Guarini and the Pastor fido]
- [Minor pastoral drama]
Chapter IV. [Dramatic Origins of the English Pastoral Drama]
Chapter V. [The Three Masterpieces]
Chapter VI. [The English Pastoral Drama]
Chapter VII. [Masques and General Influence]
- [Pastoral in the masques and slighter dramatic compositions]
- [Milton's masques: Arcades and Comus]
- [General influence. Pastoral theory. Conclusion.]
Appendix I. [On the origin and development of the Italian pastoral drama]
Appendix II. [Bibliography]