Chapter I: The Political Background

II. THE GENERATION OF 1830
III. ROMANTICISM
IV. CHARLES NODIER
V. RETROSPECT--FOREIGN INFLUENCES
VI. RETROSPECT--INDIGENOUS SOURCES
VII. DE VIGNY'S POETRY AND HUGO'S "ORIENTALES"
VIII. HUGO AND DE MUSSET
IX. DE MUSSET AND GEORGE SAND
X. ALFRED DE MUSSET
XI. GEORGE SAND
XII. BALZAC
XIII. BALZAC
XIV. BALZAC
XV. BALZAC
XVI. BALZAC
XVII. BALZAC
XVIII. BEYLE
XIX. BEYLE
XX. BEYLE
XXI. MÉRIMÉE
XXII. BEYLE AND MÉRIMÉE
XXIII. MÉRIMÉE
XXXIV. MÉRIMÉE
XXV. MÉRIMÉE
XXVI. MÉRIMÉE AND GAUTIER
XXVII. THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
XXVIII. THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
XXIX. SAINTE-BEUVE
XXX. SAINTE-BEUVE
XXXI. SAINTE-BEUVE AND MODERN CRITICISM
XXXII. THE DRAMA: VITET, DUMAS, DE VIGNY, HUGO
XXXIII. LITERATURE IN ITS RELATION TO THE SOCIAL
AND POLITICAL MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY
XXXIV. THE OVERLOOKED AND FORGOTTEN
XXXV. CONCLUSION

LIST OF PORTRAITS

DE MUSSET
GEORGE SAND
BALZAC
HENRY BEYLE (STENDHAL)
MÉRIMÉE
THÉOPHILE GAUTIER
SAINTE-BEUVE