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

THE REACTION IN FRANCE

[INTRODUCTION]

A certain aggregation of personages, actions, emotions and moods, ideas and works, which make their appearance in France, find expression in the French language, and influence French society at the beginning of the nineteenth century, form in my eyes a naturally coherent group, from the fact that they all centre round one idea, namely, the re-establishment of a fallen power. This fallen power is the principle of authority.