Idylls of Fishermen: A History of the Literary Species 9780231884112

Describes the history of pastoral English verse on fishermen from its origins in Ancient Greek literature, through the w

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Table of contents :
Preface
Contents
I. Origins of the Pastoral of Fishers
II. Sannazaro and his Imitators on the Continent
III. The English Fisher Idylls
Appendix
Bibliography
Chronological List of the Chief English Piscatories
Index

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Colombia ®itibtr«ilg STUDIES

IN COMPARATIVE

LITERATURE

IDYLLS OF FISHERMEN

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SALES

PRESS

AGENTS

NEW YORK : LEMCKE &

BUECHNER

3 0 - 3 2 WEST 27TH STREET LONDON: HENRY

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IDYLLS OF FISHERMEN A HISTORY OF THE LITERARY SPECIES

BY

H E N R Y M A R I O N H A L L , PH.D.

Ntto York THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS 19x2 All rights reserved

C o p y r i g h t , 1912 THE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Printed from type March, 1912

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T H I S monograph has been approved by the Department of English and Comparative Literature in Columbia University as a contribution to knowledge worthy of publication. A. H. T H O R N D I K E , Secretary.

TO MY MOTHER FLORENCE HOWE HALL THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED

PREFACE Many of the works in foreign languages cited in this book are familiar to scholars, but as the plan of the work has been to render all quotations in English, for the convenience of readers a list of translations easily accessible in libraries has been embodied in the Bibliography.

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CONTENTS CHAPTER

I.

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