Juan de la Cueva; his art of poetry 290 Probable rise of the spiritual drama in Spain 293 Entremeses and Saynetes 294 Spanish tragedies, by Geronymo Bermudez 296 History of Spanish prose during the first half and ten succeeding years of the sixteenth century 303 Prose romances of chivalry 304 Romances of knavery--Lazarillo de Tormes 305 Tales of Juan Timoneda 306 Didactic prose--Perez de Oliva--Ambrosio de Morales--Pedro de Valles--Francisco Cervantes de Salazar 308 Historical prose--Annals of Zurita 315 Oratorical prose--Perez de Oliva 320 Epistolary prose 321 Spanish criticism during the period of this section--Alonzo Lopez Pinciano 323 SECOND SECTION.--History of Spanish poetry and eloquence from the age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the middle of the seventeenth century 327 Cervantes ibid Brief character of Don Quixote 333 The moral tales of Cervantes 340 The Galatea 342 The journey to Parnassus 346 Dramatic works of Cervantes 350 The romance of Persiles and Sigismunda 357 Lope de Vega 359 General characteristics of his poetry 363 Explanation of the idea of a Spanish comedy as it is exemplified in the dramas of Lope de Vega 364 Various species of dramas by this poet 368 Brief notice of his other poetic works 390 The Brothers Leonardo de Argensola--Classic cultivation of the didactic satire and epistle in Spanish literature 392 Tragedies by the elder Argensola 394 Epistles, odes, &c. by the younger Argensola 400 Continuation of the history of Spanish poetry and eloquence, during the age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega 406 Fresh failures in epic poetry--Ercilla’s Araucana 407 Lyric and bucolic poets of the classic school of the sixteenth century 413 Vicente Espinel 414 Christoval de Mesa 415