適讀人群 ：學生,教師,一般讀者

*本書是“外國文學研究文庫”繫列的一本。該繫列旨在將國外的文學學界的學術成果及時引進和介紹給我國外國
文學學者、學生及愛好者，反映外國文學研究領域在世界範圍的發展趨勢與前沿探索。
*該繫列英文書以原版的形式、非英文書以譯本的形式出版，並輔之以國內這一領域的資深學者撰寫的導讀，幫助
讀者把握作品的脈絡，掌握其思想要點，更全面、更深入地理解作品要義。

《文藝復興時期文學批評史（外國文學研究文庫·第三輯）》提出了西方現代批評誕生於文藝復興的觀點，並按該時期文學批評產生的時間順序呈現了意大利、法國及英國的文學批評狀況和成就，著意強調了賀拉斯所代表的古典主義在現代批評產生過程中發揮的不可或缺的作用。1899年出版的這本厚重的專著為今天的讀者了解和體認一百多年前的文學理論狀態、認識文學批評的本質和發展軌跡，提供了一個價值獨特的樣本。

喬爾·伊萊亞斯·斯平加恩（Joel Elias Spingarn）是美國教育家和文學批評家，他曾任哥倫比亞大學比較文學教授，是美國比較文學的先驅，著有多部影響深遠的作品。

PART FIRST
LITERARY CRITICISM IN ITALY
I． THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM OF RENAISSANCE
CRITICISM ……………………………………………… 3
i． Medi？val Conceptions of Poetry．
ii． The Moral Justification of Poetry．
iii． The Final Justification of Poetry．
II． THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE ……………………………………………24
i． Poetry as a Form of Scholastic Philosophy．
ii． Poetry as an Imitation of Life．
iii． The Function of Poetry．
III． THE THEORY OF THE DRAMA …………………………… 60
i． The Subject of Tragedy．
ii． The Function of Tragedy．
iii． The Characters of Tragedy．
iv． The Dramatic Unities．
v． Comedy．
IV． THE THEORY OF EPIC POETRY …………………………… 107
i． The Theory of the Epic Poem．
ii． Epic and Romance．
V． THE GROWTH OF THE CLASSIC SPIRIT IN ITALIAN
CRITICISM …………………………………………… 125
i． Humanism．
ii． Aristotelianism．
iii． Rationalism．
VI． ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN ITALIAN CRITICISM ……………… 155
i． The Ancient Romantic Element．
ii． Medi？val Elements．
iii． Modern Elements．

PART SECOND
LITERARY CRITICISM IN FRANCE
I． THE CHARACTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF FRENCH CRITICISM IN
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY …………………………… 171
i． Character．
ii． Development．
II． THE THEORY OF POETRY IN THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE ………190
i． The Poetic Art．
ii． The Drama．
iii． Heroic Poetry．
III． CLASSIC AND ROMANTIC ELEMENTS IN FRENCH CRITICISM
DURING THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ……………………… 214
i． Classical Elements．
ii． Romantic Elements．
IV． THE FORMATION OF THE CLASSIC IDEAL IN THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ……………………………… 232
i． The Romantic Revolt．
ii． The Reaction against the Pléiade．
iii． The Second Influx of Italian Ideas．
iv． The Influence of Rationalistic Philosophy．

PART THIRD
LITERARY CRITICISM IN ENGLAND
I． THE EVOLUTION OF ENGLISH CRITICISM FROM ASCHAM T0
MILTON ……………………………………………… 253
II． THE GENERAL THEORY OF POETRY IN THE
ELIZABETHAN AGE …………………………………… 261
III． THE THEORY O

It has been seen that Varchi classed poetry with rational philosophy. The end of all arts and sciences is to make human life perfect and happy; but they differ in their modes of producing this result. Philosophy attains its end by teaching;rhetoric,by persuasion; history,by narration; poetry,by imitation or representation. The aim of the poet,therefore,is to make the human soul perfect and happy,and it is his office to imitate,that is,to invent and represent,things which render men virtuous,and consequently happy. Poetry attains this end more perfectly than any of the other arts or sciences,because it does so,not by means of precept,but by means of example.There are various ways of making men virtuous,- by teaching them what vice is and what virtue is,which is the province of ethics; by actually chastising vices and rewarding virtues,which is the province of law; or by example,that is,by the representation of virtuous men receiving suitable rewards for their virtue,and of vicious men receiving suitable punishments,which is the province of poetry. This last method is the most efficacious,because it is accompanied by delight. For men either can not or will not take the trouble to study sciences and virtues - nay,do not even like to be told what they should or should not do; but in hearing or reading poetic examples,not only is there no trouble,but there is the greatest delight,and no one can help being moved by the representation of characters who are rewarded or punished
according to an idealjustice.
For Varchi,then,as for Sir Philip Sidney later,the high importance of poetry is to be found in the fact that it teaches morality better than any other art,and the reason is that its instrument is not precept but example,which is the most delightful and hence the most efficacious of all means. The function of poetry is,therefore,a moral one,and it consists in removing the vices of men and inciting them to virtue.This twofold moral object of poetry - the removal of vices,which is passive,and the incitement to virtue,which is active - is admirably attained,for example,by Dante in his Divina Commedia; for in the Inferno evil men are so fearfully punished that we resolve to flee from every form of vice,and in the Paradiso virtuous men are so gloriously rewarded that we resolve to imitate every one of their perfections.
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“外國文學研究文庫”定位於對國外文學研究重要成果展開的引介，將采用購買原作版權、組織國內該領域有影響的學者撰寫導讀的方式進行。這些導讀將有助於讀者把握作品的脈絡，掌握其思想要點，更全面、更深入地理解作品要義。鋻於英語之外其他語種作品的受眾問題，除以英語撰寫的著作以原文的形式出版之外，我們擬將其他語種的國外學者著作翻譯成漢語，並附以專家導讀。該“文庫”是一套開放性的繫列叢書，我們將陸續推出國外具有影響力的學術著作，內容範圍包括以下四個方向：外國文學理論、外國文學批評、比較文學理論與批評，以及文化批評研究。
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這套“文庫”的出版，得到了我國外國文學研究領域眾多學者的鼎力相助和大力支持，也得到了外語教學與研究出版社的全力配合，特此表示衷心感謝！