CONTENTS.
BOOK IV.
RENAISSANCE CRITICISM.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY—ERASMUS.
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| The Critical starting-point of the Renaissance. | [3] |
| Influences at work: General | [4] |
| Particular | [5] |
| Weakness of Vernaculars | [6] |
| Recovery of Ancient Criticism | [6] |
| Necessity of defence against Puritanism | [7] |
| The line of criticism resultant | [7] |
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| Not necessarily anti-mediæval | [8] |
| But classical | [9] |
| And anti-Puritan | [9] |
| Erasmus | [10] |
| The Ciceronianus | [11] |
| The Colloquies | [13] |
| The Letters | [15] |
| Distribution of the Book | [17] |
CHAPTER II.
EARLY ITALIAN CRITICS.