Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. ORIGINS -- 1. THE EVOLUTIONARY OUTLINE -- 2. INSCRIPTIONS AND DEDICATORY POEMS -- 3. SEASONAL AND GEORGIC POEMS -- 4. MODERN PROTOTYPES -- II. PETRARCH AND RONSARD -- 1. PETRARCH -- 2. RONSARD -- III. THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE -- 1. THE ELIZABETHANS AND RONSARD -- 2. MILTON -- 3. MARVELL -- IV. THE INHERITANCE -- 1. WORDSWORTH -- 2. FROST -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHYweiterlesen