Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. 1. THE DYNAMICS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD 1
5. 2. SUPPORT FOR AN ENGLISH BIEDERMEIER 41
6. 3. FRENCH ROMANTICISM: TWO BEGINNINGS? 78
7. 4. EASTERN EUROPEAN ROMANTICISM: PATTERNS OF SUBSTITUTION 120
8. 5. ROMANTIC IRONY AND BIEDERMEIER TRAGICOMEDY 161
9. 6. THE BIEDERMEIER HISTORICAL NOVEL AND THE DECLINE OF COMPROMISE 194
10. AFTERWORD 233
11. NOTES 241
12. INDEX 291
13. Backmatter 303