De la littérature du Midi de l'Europe [Literature from the South of Europe] (French)
Title
De la littérature du Midi de l'Europe [Literature from the South of Europe] (French)
Text Read
De la littérature du Midi de l'Europe [Literature from the South of Europe] (French)
Author
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de
Original Source
Paris: Treutel & Würtz, 1813
Publication Date
1813
Date(s) of Reading
- 1869-07-16
Evidence
"July 16. Read the articles Phoenicia and Carthage in Ancient Geography. Looked into Smith's "Universal History" again for Carthaginian religion. Looked into Sismondi's "Litterature du Midi", for Roman de Rose, and ran through the first chapter, about the formation of the Romance Languages. Read about the Thallogens and Acrogens in "the Vegetable World". Drayton's Nymphidia - a charming poem. A few pages of his Polyolbion. Re-read Grote v-vii on Sicilian affairs down to rise of Dionysius." Diary 1861-1877 136
Citation
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de, De la littérature du Midi de l'Europe [Literature from the South of Europe] (French), George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57285