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Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 5. The Romantic School in France

Book from Project Gutenberg: Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 5. The Romantic School in France · The political background -- The generation of 1830 -- Romanticism -- Charles Nodier -- Retrospect: foreign influences -- Retrospect: indigenous sources -- De Vigny's poetry and Hugo's "Orientales" -- Hugo and De Musset -- De Musset and George Sand -- Alfred de Musset -- George Sand -- Balzac -- Beyle -- Mérimée -- Beyle and Mérimée -- Mérimée -- Mérimée and Gautier -- Théophile Gautier -- Sainte-Beuve -- Sainte-Beuve and modern criticism -- The drama: Vitet, Dumas, De Vigny, Hugo -- Literature in its relation to the social and political movements of the day -- The overlooked and forgotten -- Conclusion.

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