Fable and song in Italy
Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Reprinted in part from the Dublin, National and Contemporary reviews, and the Gentleman's magazine The legacy of the past.--The Theseid and the octave stanza.--The preludes of the ballad epic.--Charlemagne's tournament.--The Hercules saga in mediæval song.--Circe the island goddess.--Fountain magic.--Lyrics of Boiardo.--Verse letters of Ariosto.--Italian folk songs.--The Tuscan Béranger.--Manzoni and modern romanticism.--Epilogue
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