Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Beyond popular culture; 1 The mysteries of writing; 2 The worker press, 1830-48; 3 Béranger's step-children: Social poetry in Jules Vinçard, Savinien Lapointe, and Charles Poncy; 4 The ideal companion: Friendship and fraternity in George Sand and Agricol Perdiguier; 5 The poet and the seamstress, or on the destiny of poetry; Epilogue: After the Fall; Selected bibliography; Index