Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. The Advent of a Prophet
5. From Sartor Resartus to The French Revolution 3
6. History and the Human Voice 15
7. 'the Grand Poem of our Time 29
8. The French Revolution
9. The Grocer and the King of Kings 57
10. Narrative Voices 76
11. The Revolution Devours Itself 91
12. The Later Writings
13. Past and Present: Miracles and Metamorphoses 115
14. Cromwell Face to Face 137
15. Demon-Cocks and Latter-Day Pamphlets 149
16. The Long Night of Frederick the Great 159
17. Notes 173
18. Bibliography 193
19. Index 201