Preface . . ix
Abbreviations . . xv

1 Childhood (1798-1815) . . 1
2 Youth (1815-1824) . . 9
3 Exile (1824-1829) . . 56
4 The Grand Tour (1829-1831) . . 119
5 Crisis and Rebirth (1831-1832) . . 159
6 Emigration (1832-1834) . . 182
7 Domesticity (1834-1839) . . 225
8 Academe (1839-1841) . . 253
9 Sectarianism (1841-1846) . . 281
10 Scission (1846-1848) . . 356
11 Politics (1848-1849) . . 376
12 Hibernation (1849-1855) . . 418
13 Rebirth and Death (1855) . . 439

Postscript . . 463
Notes . . 477
Bibliography . . 519
Index . . 535