Contents; I: The Birth of the Modern Mind: New Facts and a Theory; II: Sonnets in the European Tradition; A Note on the Translations; Italian Sonnets; German Sonnets; French Sonnets; Spanish Sonnets; Notes on the Poets and Poems; III: Scholarly Background: The Origin of the Sonnet; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
Summary
This book suggests that the origins of the thought and literature which is termed "modern" can be traced to the 13th-century Italian invention of the sonnet, the first literary form since classical times meant not for performance but for silent reading and introspection
