Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. I. Introduction 1
5. II. The Areopagus Group 25
6. III. The Elizabethan Sonnet 91
7. IV. Du Bartas 145
8. V. Rabelais 219
9. VI. Montaigne 265
10. VII. Seventeenth Century Précieuses and Platonists 308
11. VIII. Romance, Drama, and Heroic Poem 365
12. IX. Minor Literary Forms 403
13. X. Conclusion 448
14. Bibliography 457
15. Appendices 471
16. Index 555