Chapter III: Part II

CHATEAUBRIAND AND ROMANTICISM 175
SCOTT AND ROMANTICISM 187
THE ROMANTICISM OF 1830 201
BALZAC 217
GAUTIER AND THE EAST 231
POE AND THE NEW TECHNIQUE 243
HAWTHORNE AND MORAL ROMANCE 257
MÉRIMÉE AND CONVERSATIONAL STORY-TELLING 273
FLAUBERT 287
A NOTE ON DE MAUPASSANT 298
CONCLUSION 305

INDEX 313

ILLUSTRATIONS

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JEAN DE MEUNG 22
GEOFFREY CHAUCER 38
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 44
ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE 60
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 84
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA 96
RICHARD STEELE AND JOSEPH ADDISON 114
JOHN BUNYAN 126
DANIEL DEFOE 132
SAMUEL RICHARDSON 140
FANNY BURNEY 146
JANE AUSTEN 150
HENRY FIELDING 156
TOBIAS SMOLLETT 166
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU 176
FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE CHATEAUBRIAND 180
SIR WALTER SCOTT 188
VICTOR HUGO 202
ALEXANDRE DUMAS 210
HONORÉ DE BALZAC 218
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER 236
WILLIAM GODWIN 244
EDGAR ALLAN POE 250
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 258
PROSPER MÉRIMÉE 274
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 288
GUY DE MAUPASSANT 300