Chapter VII

TREATMENT OF MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN ROMANCE.

The Christian Element in Neo-Hellenism and Romance—“How they
Met Themselves” and “Michael Scott’s Wooing”—Mediævalism
and Romantic Love—“Romeo and Juliet” and “Ophelia”—
Millais’s Romantic Landscapes—“The Woodman’s Daughter,”
“The Blind Girl,” “The Vale of Rest,” “Autumn Leaves”—
Keats’s “Isabella”—Tennyson’s “Mariana” and “Idylls of the
King”—The Idea of Retribution—“King Arthur’s Tomb,” “Paolo
and Francesca,” “Death of Lady Macbeth,” “The Awakening
Conscience,” “Hesterna Rosa,” “The Gate of Memory,”
“Found,” “Psyche,” “Proserpine,” “Pandora”—The Idea of
Duty—“The Hugenot,” “The Black Brunswicker,” “Claudio and
Isabella”—Old and New Chivalry— “Sir Isumbras” and “The
Rescue”—“The Merciful Knight,” “St. Agnes’ Eve”—Ideal and
Platonic Love—“The Salutation of Beatrice,” “The Boat of
Love,” “Beata Beatrix,” “Dante’s Dream,” “Our Lady of
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