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This book is presented to scholars with a broad interest in modern languages and literatures. While responsibility for content rests with individual authors, we deeply appreciate the counsels of wisdom and experience given by Pro fessor Nicolae Iliescu of Harvard University;

Aquila, aseries planned for biennial publication, is presented to scholars with a broad interest in modem languages and literatures. Each volume contains original material contributed by specialists within tbis general area, with minimallimitations as to language or length of the studies, the criteria being significance of the content and clear, interesting presentation. Aquila II includes four important monographs conceming Luther, literary criticism, Dante, and a French avant-garde salon featuring Mallarme, Verlaine, Charles Cros, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, etc . . . . There are excellent articles on a French poetic form in the late Middle Ages, the concept of "Encyclopedia" and general education during the Renaissance, Voltaire's Candide, Gide's Faux-Monnayeurs, and hidden satire in Don Quijote. To the Administration of Boston College, we acknowledge a debt of gratitude for the generous subsidy which has given wings to Aquila, for the advancement of knowledge in modem languages and literatures. The Editors TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE v MONOGRAPHS HEINZ BLUHM, Das Erlebnis und die Interpretation in Luthers Erstlin- schr~ 1 ERICH VON RICHTHOFEN, Limitations of Literary Criticism 78 MARIA PICCHIO SIMONELLI, La prosa nutrice dei verso: dal Convivio aUa Divina Commedia 117 GEORGES ZAYED, Un salon parnassien d'avant-garde: Nina de Villard et ses hOtes 177 ARTICLES MARCEL FRAN~ON, Encyclopedie et culture genereale 230 MARCEL FRAN~ON, Sur la theorie du rondeau litteraire 244 JOSEPH D. GAUTIDER, S. J. , The Organic Unity ofLes Faux-Monnayeurs 260 ERNEST A.

Aquila, a series planned for biennial publication, is presented to scholars with a broad interest in modern languages and literatures. Each volume con­ tains original material contributed by specialists within this general area, with minimal limitation as to language or length of the studies, the criteria being the significance of content, and clear, interesting presentation. Aquila III includes important articles on the Wittenberg Revision of the Vulgate; Hispanic and Italian language problems; a study of literary crea­ tion; an analysis of Pushkin's rhyme structure; a bridge between Ficino and Botticelli; mediaeval, Renaissance and classical French literature; Edgar Allen Poe; and postmodern American literature. To the Administration of Boston College, we acknowledge a debt of gratitude for the generous support which has given wings to Aquila, for the advancement of knowledge in modern languages and literatures. THE EDITORS TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE HEINZ BLUHM, The Nature of the Wittenberg 1529 Revision of the Vulgate: Galatians I 1 NORMAND R. CARTIER, "Jehan de Saintre": The Liberation of Knig- hood 21 LEONARD CASPER, Between Vision and Void: Postmodern American Literature 53 CLAUDE CuENOT, La Creation litteraire 87 GUILLERMO L. GUITARTE, Las supuestas tres etapas del seseo 106 RENE JASINSKI, Sur "Horace" 140 LAWRENCE G. JONES, The Rhyme Structure of Pushkin's "Pamjatnik" 151 BETTY T. RAHV, The Kaleidoscope of Montaigne's "Inconstance" 161 MARIA PICCHIO SIMONELLI, Aspects of the Language Question in Italy 174 JAMES B.