The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory
(Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory, published in 1897, is George Saintsbury's survey of European literature in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and the second volume of the Periods of European Literature series he edited. He begins with the function of Latin, then treats the French chansons de geste, the Arthurian matter of Britain, the romances of antiquity, the making of English and the settlement of European prosody, Middle High German poetry, the beast epic of Reynard and the allegory of the Romance of the Rose, Icelandic saga and Provencal lyric, and the literature of Spain and Italy. Saintsbury's preface measures his own qualifications and asks the reader to value range over specialist depth. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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