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Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction to the 2013 edition xi
4. TRANSLATOR’S NOTE xxi
5. NOTE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT xxii
6. AUTHOR’S FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION xxiii
7. GUIDING PRINCIPLES xxviii
8. 1. European Literature 1
9. 2. The Latin Middle Ages 17
10. 3. Literature and Education 36
11. 4. Rhetoric 62
12. 5. Topics 79
13. 6. The Goddess Natura 106
14. 7. Metaphorics 128
15. 8. Poetry and Rhetoric 145
16. 9. Heroes and Rulers 167
17. 10. The Ideal Landscape 183
18. 11. Poetry and Philosophy 203
19. 12. Poetry and Theology 214
20. 13. The Muses 228
21. 14. Classicism 247
22. 15. Mannerism 273
23. 16. The Book as Symbol 302
24. 17. Dante 348
25. 18. Epilogue 380
26. EXCURSUSES 403
27. APPENDIX. The Medieval Bases of Western Thought 587
28. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 599
29. ABBREVIATIONS 600
30. INDEX 603