1. Introduction; 2. I. Renewal and Innovation; 3. 1. Shakespeare and the Formation of Romantic Drama in Germany and France (by Furst, Lilian R.); 4. 2. The Reception of the Spanish Theater in European Romanticism (by Hilt, Douglas); 5. 3. "Theater in the Theater" and "Word Theater": Play Thematics and the Breakthrough of Romantic Drama (by Schmeling, Manfred); 6. 4. Illusion and Romantic Drama (by Burwick, Frederick); 7. II. Themes, Styles, Structures; 8. 1. Shakespeare Refracted: Writer, Audience, and Rewriter in French and German Romantice Translations (by Lefevere, Andre); 9. 2. Folklore and Romantic Drama (by Hanak, Miroslav J.); 10. 3. Nationalism and the Romantic Drama in Europe (by Carlson, Marvin); 11. 4.Romantic Redefinitions of the Tragic (by Cox, Jeffrey N.); 12. 4. The Romantic Tragedy of Fate (by Hoffmeister, Gerhart); 13. 5. Empathy and Distance: German Romantic Theories of Acting Reconsidered (by Flaherty, Gloria); 14. 6. What is Romantic Opera? - Toward a Musico-Literary Definition (by Weisstein, Ulrich); 15. III. Affinity, Dissemination, Reception; 16. 1. The Italian Romantic Drama in Its European Context (by Carlson, Marvin); 17. 2. Romantic Drama in the Hispanic World: The Picturesque Mode (by Dowling, John); 18. 3. Polish Romantic Drama in Perspective (by Segel, Harold B.); 19. 4. Russian Romantic Drama: The Case of Griboedov (by Gershkovich, Alexander); 20. 5. Romanticism in Genres of Drama in Bohemia (by Voisine-Jechova, Hana); 21. 6. Romantic Drama in Hungary (by Szegedy-Maszak, Mihaly); 22. 7. Romantic Trends in Scandinavian Drama (by Bisztray, George); 23. 8. From Dark into Light: Nineteenth-Century Romantic Drama in English-Canada (by Plant, Richard); 24. 9. Nineteenth-Century American Drama: A Romantic Quest (by Pladott, Dinnah); 25. 10. The Romantic Theater in Hispanic America (by Carilla, Emilio); 26. IV. The Romantic Legacy; 27. 1. Classic Vision in the Romantic Age: Goethe's Reconstitution of European Drama in Faust II (by Gillespie, Gerald); 28. 2. Romantic Irony and Biedermeier Tragicomedy (by Nemoianu, Virgil); 29. 3. Romantic Cosmic Drama (by Esslin, Martin); 30. 4. The Past is Prologue: The Romantic Heritage in Dramatic Literature (by Gillespie, Gerald); 31. Bibliography; 32. Index

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