Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-224) and index.
Contents
'Sickly and stupid German tragedies' -- 'We know that the enemy is working among us' : the rhetoric of romantic europhobia -- 'Dethroning German sublimity' : outrageous stimulation in romantic ballad-writing -- 'Il est devenue classique en Angleterre' : some versions of romantic (anti-)pastoral -- 'Partizans of the German theatre' : the poetics and politics of romantic dramatic translation -- 'The descent of Odin' : romantic writers among the Norsemen.