CHAPTER VII. The Successors of Rabelais and the Influence of the

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Subsidiary importance of Brantôme and other character-mongers--The Heptameron--Note on Montaigne--Character and "problems"--Parlamente on human and divine love--Despériers--Contes et Joyeux Devis--Other tale-collections--The "provincial" character of these--The Amadis romances--Their characteristics--Extravagance in incident, nomenclature, etc.--The "cruel" heroine--Note on Hélisenne de Crenne.