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.
by Mrs. Jameson
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Contents
- The Author to the Reader
- Chapter I. A Poet's Love
- Chapter II. Loves of the Classic Poets
- Chapter III. The Loves of the Troubadours
- Chapter IV. The Loves of the Troubadours Continued
- Chapter V. Guido Cavalcanti and Mandetta, Cino Da Pistoja and Selvaggia
- Chapter VI. Laura
- Chapter VII. Laura and Petrarch Continued
- Chapter VIII. On the Love of Dante for Beatrice Portinari
- Chapter IX. Dante and Beatrice Continued
- Chapter X. Chaucer and Philippa Picard
- Chapter XI. Lorenzo De' Medici and Lucretia Donati
- Chapter XII. The Fair Geraldine
- Chapter XIII. Ginevra, and Alessandra Strozzi
- Chapter XIV. Spenser's Rosalind and Spenser's Elizabeth
- Chapter XV. On the Love of Shakspeare
- Chapter XVI. Sydney's Stella
- Chapter XVII. Court and Age of Elizabeth. Drayton, Daniel, Drummond, &c
- Chapter XVIII. Leonora D'Este
- Chapter XIX. Milton and Leonora Baroni