Introduction -- "The genius of the times" : sales, forms, and periods -- "Infinite profit in a little book" : ephemerality -- "A labyrinth of difficulties and distinctions" : Landon, Darley, Browning -- "A fatal gift" : formal apparitions in Hemans and Beddoes -- "The proper pathetic face" : Hunt, Reynolds, Hood, Praed -- A living doubt : Clare and Hartley -- Conclusion : from Byron to Tennyson.
