The French Influence in English Literature : From the Accession of Elizabeth to the Reestoration

Investigates, groups, and interprets the influences of French life and letters on the literature of England, beginning with the Elizabethan period and extending up to the Stuart Restoration. Preface Contents I. Introduction II. The Areopagus Group III. The Elizabethan Sonnet IV. Du Bartas V. Rabelais VI. Montaigne VII. Seventeenth Century Précieuses and Platonists VIII. Romance, Drama, and Heroic Poem IX. Minor Literary Forms X. Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Index