Includes bibliographical references (p. 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 miserables.