II. Robert Greene's biography-His autobiographical III. His love stories and romantic tales-His extra- IV. N. Breton, an imitator of Greene Thomas I. Sidney's life-His travels and friendship with ... II. Sidney's works-Miscellaneous writings-The The "Arcadia," why written Sidney's various Sidney's object according to Fulke Greville, and Sidney's style as a novel writer-His wit and bright- ornaments ... ... ... ... ... III. Sidney's reputation in England Continuators, imitators, and admirers among dramatists, poets and novelists-Shakespeare, Jonson, Day, Shirley, Quarles -Lady Mary Wroth and her novel-Sidney's reputa- In France-He is twice translated, and gives rise to a literary quarrel-Charles Sorel's judgment in the "Berger extravagant," and Du Bartas' praise-Mare- Studies in real life-The picaresque tale; its Spanish origin-Its success in Europe-Lazarillo and Guzman... 287 II. Thomas Nash-His birth, education and life- His writings, his temperament-His equal fondness His picaresque novel, "Jack Wilton "-Scenes and. melodramatic parts His other works-Scenes of light comedy in them- Portraits of the upstart, of the sectary, &c. III. Nash's successors-H. Chettle-Chettle's com- bined imitation of Nash, Greene and Sidney. Dekker-His dramatic and poetical faculty-His ... ... The new heroism à panache on the stage, in II. Heroes and heroism à panache migrate to England ... ... III. Original English novels in the heroical style- ... ... ... V. Conclusion-The end of the period-Ingelo, INDEX ... ... ... ... PAGE 362 383 397 ... 411 419 ... ... ... ... 1.-Queen Elizabeth in State costume, with the royal insignia, after the engraving by William Rogers (born in London, about 1545) Frontispiece 2 to 13.-The signs of the Zodiac, after Robert Greene's "Francesco's Fortunes," 1590. Towards the end of this novel a palmer is asked by his host to leave a remembrance of his visit in his entertainer's house; the palmer engraves on an ivory arch verses and drawings illustrating at the same time, and in the same way as the signs of the Zodiac, both the course of the year and the course of human life p. 9 et passim [tail-pieces to all the chapters] 14. An Elizabethan Shepherdess, from a woodblock illustrating a ballad (the inscription added) 15.- Beginning of the unique MS. of " Beowulf," preserved in the British Museum ... ... ... 23 31 |