Scenic splendour, the enemy of the drama
316
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The intermezzo and the ballet
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317
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Comedies and masques
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320
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Compensation afforded by music
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321
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Epic romances
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321
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Necessary subordination of the descriptions of character
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323
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Pulci and Bojardo
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323
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Inner law of their compositions
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324
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Ariosto and his style
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325
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Folengo and parody
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326
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Contrast offered by Tasso
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327
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CHAPTER V. BIOGRAPHY.
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Advance of Italy on the Middle Ages
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328
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Tuscan biographers
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330
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Biography in other parts of Italy
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332
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Autobiography; Æneas Sylvius
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333
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Benvenuto Cellini
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333
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Girolamo Cardano
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334
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Luigi Cornaro
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335
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CHAPTER VI. THE DESCRIPTION OF NATIONS AND CITIES.
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The ‘Dittamondo’
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339
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Descriptions in the sixteenth century
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339
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CHAPTER VII. DESCRIPTION OF THE OUTWARD MAN.
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Boccaccio on Beauty
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344
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Ideal of Firenzuola
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345
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His general definitions
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345
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CHAPTER VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT.
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Æneas Sylvius and others
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349
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Conventional bucolic poetry from the time of Petrarch
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350
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Genuine poetic treatment of country life
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351
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Battista Mantovano, Lorenzo Magnifico, Pulci
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352
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Angelo Poliziano
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353
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Man, and the conception of humanity
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354
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Pico della Mirandola on the dignity of man
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354
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PART V. SOCIETY AND FESTIVALS.
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CHAPTER I. THE EQUALISATION OF CLASSES.
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Contrast to the Middle Ages
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359
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Common life of nobles and burghers in the cities
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359
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Theoretical criticism of noble birth
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360
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The nobles in different parts of Italy
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362
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The nobility and culture
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363
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Bad influence of Spain
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363
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Knighthood since the Middle Ages
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364
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The tournaments and the caricature of them
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365
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Noble birth as a requisite of the courtier
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367
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CHAPTER II. OUTWARD REFINEMENT OF LIFE.
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Costume and fashions
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369
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The toilette of women
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371
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Cleanliness
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374
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The ‘Galateo’ and good manners
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375
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Comfort and elegance
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376
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CHAPTER III. LANGUAGE AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL INTERCOURSE.
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Development of an ideal language
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378
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Its wide diffusion
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379
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The Purists
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379
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Their want of success
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382
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Conversation
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