Euphorion (Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance). Vernon Lee

This 2-volume book is one of the best-known works by the British author Violet Paget that features the studies of the antique and the mediaeval in the Renaissance, symbolically named Euphorion after the marvelous child born of the mystic marriage of Faust and Helena from Goethe's drama. Contents: Introduction The Sacrifice The Italy of the Elizabethan Dramatists The Outdoor Poetry Symmetria Prisca The Portrait Art The School of Boiardo Mediaeval Love Epilogue