Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. ONE Tasso’s Silent Lyre 21
6. TWO The Oldest Song: Ronsard and Spenser 50
7. INTERCHAPTER The Lutanist and the Nightingale 89
8. THREE Harps in Babylon: Cowley, Davenant, Butler 107
9. FOUR Milton’s Lament 140
10. FIVE Epic Opera 172
11. Coda: The Singer Withdraws 195
12. Notes 199
13. Bibliography 227
14. Index 247