Contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

Notes on Contributors

Introduction Craig W. Kallendorf

1  Education Christopher Stray

Part I:  Periods

2  Middle Ages Jan M. Ziolkowski

3  Renaissance

Craig W. Kallendorf

4  Baroque

Ingrid D. Rowland

5  Neoclassicism Thomas Kaminski

6  Romanticism

Bruce Graver

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7  Victorian

Norman Vance

8  Modernism Kenneth Haynes

Part II:  Places

9 Africa

William J. Dominik

10  Central-Eastern Europe

Jerzy Axer with the assistance of Katarzyna Tomaszuk

11  France Philip Ford

12  Germany and German-Speaking Europe Volker Riedel

13  Iberian Peninsula Luisa Lopez Grigera

14  Italy David Marsh

15  Latin America Andrew Laird

16  Low Countries Gilbert Tournoy

17  Scandinavia Minna Skafte Jensen

18  United Kingdom Richard Jenkyns

19  United States Ward Briggs

Part III:  Contemporary Themes

20  Reception Charles Martindale

21  Postcolonial Studies Lorna Hardwick

22  Gender and Sexuality Alastair J. L. Blanshard

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23  Fascism Katie Fleming

24  Psychology Fabio Stok

25  Modern and Postmodern Art and Architecture Gail Levin

26  Film

Karl Galinsky

Bibliography

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