Romanticism Before the Romantic Period -- French Romanticism and Romanticism in Other Countries -- The Word "Romantic" and The Chronology of Controversies over Romanticism in France -- Romanticism and Revolution -- "Mal Du Siècle" and Romantic Pessimism -- The Obsession of the Past and Other Places -- Romanticism, Religion, and Religions -- Eloquence, Imagination, Symbol, and Romanticism -- The Survival and Vitality of Romanticism