V. The Trade of Letters

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE ix
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xv
5. PART ONE: BEGINNINGS
6. I. Prologue 3
7. II. The Currents of Reform 37
8. III. The Assault upon Reform 81
9. PART TWO: THE MIDDLE YEARS
10. IV. The Long Apprenticeship 119
11. V. The Trade of Letters 191
12. VI. The Making of a Critic 264
13. VII. Politics and Literature 320
14. PART THREE: THE LATER YEARS
15. VIII. The Essayist 385
16. IX. Epilogue 442
17. Short Forms of Citation 475
18. Notes 481
19. Index 515