PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. I. THE NADIR OF POETRY 1
5. II. A NEW VISION OF POETRY: DIDEROT 48
6. III. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY 86
7. IV. THE ROAD TO ROMANTICISM 115
8. V. THE ROMANTIC REVOLUTION 141
9. VI. POETRY AS ART 171
10. VII. FROM STATEMENT TO SUGGESTION 199
11. VIII. IMAGINATION ENTHRONED: BAUDELAIRE 237
12. NOTES 271
13. INDEX 315