Introduction M. A. R. Habib; Part I. Literary Criticism as an Institution: 1. Contexts and conditions of literary criticism: 1830-1914 Joanne Shattock; 2. Literary studies and the academy David Goldie; 3. Women and literary criticism Kimberly Vanesveld Adams; Part II. National Developments in Literary Criticism: 4. Literature and nationalism Julia Wright; 5. Germany: from Restoration to consolidation: Classical and Romantic legacies Willi Goetschel; 6. France: the continuing debate over Classicism Allan Pasco; 7. England: Romantic legacies Stephen Prickett; 8. England: literature and culture James Najarian; 9. Literary nationalism and US Romantic aesthetics David Van Leer; 10. Russia: literature and society Edith Clowes; Part III. Critical Movements and Patterns of Influence: 11. Literary autonomy: the growth of a modern concept Harold Schweizer; 12. Hegel's aesthetics and their influence M. A. R. Habib; 13. Marx, Engels and early Marxist criticism Macdonald Daly; Part IV. Later Nineteenth-Century Developments: Realism, Naturalism, Symbolism and Decadence: 14. Realism, Naturalism and Symbolism in France Rosemary Lloyd; 15. Symbolism and Realism in Germany Martin Swales; 16. Nineteenth-century British critics of Realism Elaine Freedgood; 17. American literary Realism Carol Singley; 18. Decadence and fin de siècle Ray Furness; 19. The avant-garde in early twentieth-century Europe Roger Cardinal; Part V. Some Major Critics of the Period: 20. Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-69) Wolf Lepenies; 21. Hippolyte Taine (1828-93) Hilary Nias; 22. Francesco De Sanctis (1817-83) Renate Holub; 23. Matthew Arnold (1822-88) Clinton Machann; 24. Henry James (1843-1916) Donald David Stone; 25. George Brandes (1842-1927) Paul Houe; Part VI. Genre Criticism: 26. Theories of genre Steven Monte; 27 Theories of the novel Nicholas Dames; 28. Theories of poetry John Kerkering; 29. Theories of drama John Osborne; Part VII. Literature and Other Disciplines: 30. Literary criticism and models of science Gregory Moore; 31. Literature and the arts Beth Wright; 32. Biblical scholarship and literary criticism David Jeffrey; Select bibliography and further reading; Index.