CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I.[THE REVOLUTION]
II.[THE CONCORDAT]
III.[THE PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY]
IV.["LE GÉNIE DU CHRISTIANISME"]
V.[JOSEPH DE MAISTRE]
VI.[BONALD]
VII.[CHATEAUBRIAND]
VIII.[MADAME DE KRÜDENER]
IX.[LYRIC POETRY: LAMARTINE AND HUGO]
X.[LOVE IN THE LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD]
XI.[DISSOLUTION OF THE THEORETICAL PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY]
XII.[DISSOLUTION OF THE PRACTICAL PRINCIPLE OF AUTHORITY]
XIII.[CULMINATION AND COLLAPSE OF THE REACTION]
XIV.[CONCLUSION]

LIST OF PORTRAITS
[ROBESPIERRE]
[CHATEAUBRIAND]
[JOSEPH DE MAISTRE]
[BONALD]
[LAMARTINE]
[VICTOR HUGO]
LAMENNAIS