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Madame de Staël.--Joubert.--Chateaubriand.--The transition to Sainte-Beauve (Cousin-Villemain-Nisard)--Sainte-Beuve (before 1848)--Sainte-Beuve (after 1848)--Scherer.--Taine.--Renan.--Brunetière.--Conclusion.--List of critics