The Romantic Movement in French Literature
Traced by a Series of Texts

This 1913 second edition of a 1910 original contains a series of extracts from French Romantic texts.

H. F. Stewart (Edited by), Arthur Tilley (Edited by)

9781107647107, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 March 2013

262 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 kg

First published in 1913, as the second edition of a 1910 original, this book contains a series of extracts from French Romantic texts, together with short introductory essays. Extracts were selected with the intention of revealing the importance of Romanticism for French literature at a time when the movement was being widely denigrated. The texts are given in French and all other material is presented in English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in French literature and Romanticism.

Preface
Preface to second edition
1. The influence of Rousseau and Chateaubriand
2. The influence of foreign literatures
3. The Romantic battle
4. The Romantic drama
5. The historical novel
6. The decline of Romanticism
Index to notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]