The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols.
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THE LOVES OF THE POETS.
VOL. I.
THE ROMANCE OF BIOGRAPHY;
OR
MEMOIRS OF WOMEN LOVED AND CELEBRATED BY POETS,
FROM
THE DAYS OF THE TROUBADOURS TO THE PRESENT AGE;
THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.
CONTENTS
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
THE LOVES OF THE POETS.
CHAPTER I.
A POET'S LOVE.
CHAPTER II.
LOVES OF THE CLASSIC POETS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER III.
THE LOVES OF THE TROUBADOURS.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER IV.
THE LOVES OF THE TROUBADOURS CONTINUED.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER V.
GUIDO CAVALCANTI AND MANDETTA,
CINO DA PISTOJA AND SELVAGGIA.
LITERAL TRANSLATION.
A MESSER CINO DA PISTOJA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VI.
LAURA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VII.
LAURA AND PETRARCH CONTINUED.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER VIII.
ON THE LOVE OF DANTE FOR BEATRICE PORTINARI.
TRANSLATION.
FOOTNOTES:
THE WISH.—TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI.
CHAPTER IX.
DANTE AND BEATRICE CONTINUED.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER X.
CHAUCER AND PHILIPPA PICARD.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XI.
LORENZO DE' MEDICI AND LUCRETIA DONATI.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XII.
THE FAIR GERALDINE.
A COMPLAINT, BY NIGHT, OF A LOVER NOT BELOVED.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIII.
GINEVRA, AND ALESSANDRA STROZZI.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIV.
SPENSER'S ROSALIND AND SPENSER'S ELIZABETH.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XV.
ON THE LOVE OF SHAKSPEARE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVI.
SYDNEY'S STELLA.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVII.
COURT AND AGE OF ELIZABETH.
DRAYTON, DANIEL, DRUMMOND, &c.
A DIANE.
EPITAPHE DE MARIE.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XVIII.
LEONORA D'ESTE.
TRANSLATION.
TRANSLATION.
TRANSLATION.
FOOTNOTES:
CHAPTER XIX.
MILTON AND LEONORA BARONI.
SONNET.
SONNET.
FOOTNOTES:
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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