The Dalin Age (1740–80).
The invasion of French elements. Dalin and his importance. Madame Nordenflycht and her influence. Crentz. Gyllenborg. Mörk. Wallenberg. Linné. Lagerbring. Botin. Höpken. Tessin. Ihre, 345
The Gustavian Period (1780–1809).
The influence of King Gustav III on Swedish literature. Foundation of the Academy. The two main tendencies in Swedish literature. Kellgren. Leopold. Oxenstjerna. Adlerbeth. Bellman, Hallmann, Kexél and others. Lidner. Thorild. Anna Lenngren, 354
The Nineteenth Century.
Franzén. Wallin. Introduction of the new romanticism in Sweden. Phosphorists, Hammarsköld, Atterbom, Palmblad and others. Gothic school. Geijer. Ling. Tegnér. Beskow. Nicander. Tegnér's successors, Lindeblad and others. Novel literature. Almquist. Mrs. Bremer. Mrs. Flygare-Carlén. Gumälius. Crusenstolpe. Rydberg. Malmström. Böttiger and other poets. Runeberg and his imitators. Topelius Recent poets. Historiography. Other sciences, 373
Bibliography of Scandinavia, 413
Index, 501
