Chapter I: Front Matter

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*Columbia University*

_STUDIES IN LITERATURE_

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|STUDIES IN LITERATURE |
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|=A HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN |
| THE RENAISSANCE=: With Special Reference |
| to the Influence of Italy in the Formation and |
| Development of Modern Classicism. By JOEL |
| ELIAS SPINGARN. |
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|_In Press:_ |
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|=ROMANCES OF ROGUERY=: An Episode in the |
| Development of the Modern Novel, Part I. |
| The Picaresque Novel in Spain. By FRANK |
| WADLEIGH CHANDLER. |
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|=SPANISH LITERATURE IN ENGLAND UNDER |
| THE TUDORS=. By JOHN GARRETT |
| UNDERHILL. |
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|***_Other numbers of this series will be issued from |
|time to time, containing the results of literary research, |
|or criticism by the students or officers of |
|Columbia University, or others associated with them |
|in study, under the authorization of the Department |
|of Literature_, GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY _and_ |
|BRANDER MATTHEWS, _Professors_. |
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A HISTORY

OF

LITERARY CRITICISM

IN THE RENAISSANCE

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE INFLUENCE OF
ITALY IN THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT
OF MODERN CLASSICISM

BY

JOEL ELIAS SPINGARN

*New York*
PUBLISHED FOR THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS BY
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1899

_All rights reserved_

_COPYRIGHT_, 1899,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

*Norwood Press*
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