Chapter I: Part TWO: Early Work as a Dramatist

I. THE WORK AND THE EPOCH 57

II. THE WILL TO GREATNESS 63

III. THE CREATIVE CYCLES 67

IV. THE UNKNOWN DRAMATIC CYCLE 71

V. THE TRAGEDIES OF FAITH. SAINT LOUIS, AËRT, 1895-1898 76

VI. SAINT LOUIS. 1894 80

VII. AËRT, 1898 83

VIII. ATTEMPT TO REGENERATE THE FRENCH STAGE 86

IX. AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE 90

X. THE PROGRAM 94

XI. THE CREATIVE ARTIST 98

XII. THE DRAMA OF THE REVOLUTION, 1898-1902 100

XIII. THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY, 1902 103

XIV. DANTON, 1900 106

XV. THE TRIUMPH OF REASON, 1899 110

XVI. THE WOLVES, 1898 113

XVII. THE CALL LOST IN THE VOID 117

XVIII. A DAY WILL COME, 1902 119

XIX. THE PLAYWRIGHT 123

PART THREE: THE HEROIC BIOGRAPHIES

I. DE PROFUNDIS 133

II. THE HEROES OF SUFFERING 137

III. BEETHOVEN 140

IV. MICHELANGELO 144

V. TOLSTOI 147

VI. THE UNWRITTEN BIOGRAPHIES 150