Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents XIII
4. I. Ancestral Background 1
5. II. Initiation 19
6. III. Introduction to History 30
7. IV. The Literary Use of Three French Historians 46
8. V. Belles Lettres 108
9. VI. Philosophie Excursion: Descartes and Pascal 183
10. VII. The Belated Romantic: Exoticism 209
11. VIII. Conclusion 227
12. Notes 233
13. Appendices 291
14. Bibliography 329
15. Index 349