HARVARD STUDIES

IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
I THREE PHILOSOPHICAL POETS: LUCRETIUS, DANTE, AND GOETHE
B Y GEORGE S A N T A Y A N A
II CHIVALRY IN ENGLISH LITERATURE: CHAUCER, M A L O R Y , SPENSER,
AND SHAKESPEARE
B Y W I L L I A M H E N R Y SCHOFIELD
III THE COMEDIES OF HOLBERG
B Y OSCAR J A M E S C A M P B E L L , J R .
IV MEDIAEVAL SPANISH ALLEGORY
B Y CHANDLER RATHFON POST
V M Y T H I C A L BARDS AND THE L I F E OF W I L L I A M W A L L A C E
B Y W I L L I A M H E N R Y SCHOFIELD
VI ANGEVIN BRITAIN AND SCANDINAVIA
B Y H E N R Y GODDARD LEACH
VII CHAUCER AND THE R O M A N POETS
B Y EDGAR F I N L E Y SHANNON
VIII SPENSER AND THE T A B L E ROUND
B Y CHARLES BOWIE M I L L I C A N
IX EGER AND G R I M E
B Y J A M E S RALSTON CALDWELL
X VIRGIL THE NECROMANCER
B Y J O H N WEBSTER SPARGO
XI CHAUCER'S USE OF PROVERBS
B Y BARTLETT J E R E WHITING
XII ENGLISH LITERATURE AND CULTURE IN RUSSIA ( 1 5 5 3 - 1 8 4 0 )
B Y ERNEST J . S I M M O N S
XIII D'EDMOND SPENSER À A L A N SEEGER: POEMES ANGLAIS
TRADUITS E N VERS FRANÇAIS
B Y FERNAND BALDENSPERGER
XIV PROVERBS IN THE EARLIER ENGLISH DRAMA
B Y BARTLETT J E R E WHITING
XV CATULLUS IN STRANGE AND DISTANT BRITAIN
B Y J A M E S A. S. M C P E E K
XVI J E A N RACINE
B Y ALEXANDER F. B. CLARK
XVII U N VOYAGEUR-PHILOSOPHE AU XVIII e SIECLE:
L'ABBÉ JEAN-BERNARD LE BLANC
B Y H É L È N E MONOD-CASSIDY
XVIII A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE THEOPHRASTAN CHARACTER IN ENGLISH
W I T H SEVERAL PORTRAIT CHARACTERS
B Y CHESTER NOYES GREENOUGH AND J . M . FRENCH
XIX THE T E S T A M E N T OF WERTHER IN POETRY AND DRAMA
B Y STUART PRATT ATKINS
XX PERSPECTIVES OF CRITICISM
EDITED B Y HARRY LEVIN
XXI VISSARION BELINSKI, 1 8 1 1 - 1 8 4 8
B Y HERBERT E . B O W M A N
XXII CONTEXTS OF CRITICISM
B Y HARRY LEVIN
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IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
FOUNDED BY W I L L I A M HENRY SCHOFIELD

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ON T R A N S L A T I O N
ON TRANSLATION
• ACHILLES FANG
• DUDLEY FITTS
• JOHN HOLLANDER
• ROLFE HUMPHRIES
• ROMAN JAKOBSON
• DOUGLAS KNIGHT
• RICHMOND LATTIMORE
• JACKSON M A T H E W S
• BAYARD Q U I N C Y MORGAN
• EDWIN M U I R
• WILLA MUIR
• VLADIMIR NABOKOV
• EUGENE A. NIDA
• JUSTIN O'BRIEN
• A N T H O N Y G. OETTINGER
• RENATO POGGIOLI
• WILLARD V. QUINE
• REUBEN A. BROWER, Editor

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