Introduction
1. Classical standards in the Romantic period Paul H. Fry
2. Innovation and modernity Alfredo De Paz (trans. Albert Sbragia)
3. The French Revolution David Simpson
4. Transcendental philosophy and romantic criticism David Simpson
5. Nature Helmut J. Schneider
6. Scientific models Joel Black
7. Religion and literature E. S. Shaffer
8. Romantic language theory and the art of understanding Kurt Mueller-Vollmer
9. The Romantic transformation of rhetoric David Wellbery
10. Romantic irony Gary Handwerk
11. Theories of genre Tilottama Rajan
12. Theory of the novel Marshall Brown
13. The impact of Shakespeare Jonathan Arac
14. The vocation of criticism and the crisis of the republic of letters Jon Klancher
15. Women, gender, and literary criticism Theresa M. Kelley
16. Literary history and historicism David Perkins
17. Literature and the other arts Herbert Lindenberger
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