Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Preface xiii
5. CHAPTER 1. Introduction: The Generation as a Social Network 1
6. CHAPTER 2. Youth as the Age of Dissent 35
7. CHAPTER 3. Victor Cousin: The Professor as Guru 71
8. CHAPTER 4. The Globe: Flagship for a Generation 97
9. CHAPTER 5. The Muse Francaise, the Literary Orbit of Victor Hugo, and the Generational Fission of the Romantics 129
10. CHAPTER 6. The Producteur and the Search for a “New General Doctrine” 145
11. CHAPTER 7. Shared Assumptions and a Common Temper of Mind 171
12. CHAPTER 8. A Cohort of Laureats de Concours 206
13. CHAPTER 9. An Excess of Educated Men? 225
14. CHAPTER 10. Lost Illusions: Class and Generation Reconsidered 259
15. CHAPTER 11. A Conclusion and an Epilogue 267
16. Appendix A. 183 Members of the “Generation of 1820” as They Were Entered on a Two-Dimensional Matrix 283
17. Appendix B. A Sociogram of the Generation Network 287
18. Bibliography 299
19. Index 327
20. Backmatter 336