Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-178) and index.
Contents
The divided self: royalist odes and frenetic novels -- The cathedral and the book: Notre-Dame de Paris: 1482 -- The leader of romanticism: triumph and failure in the theater -- The birth of a visionary poet -- Liberal and exile: the political career -- Grief work: Les contemplations -- The prophet: paradise regained -- The masterpiece: Les misérables.
