SMITH COLLEGE STUDIES IN MODERN THE SMITH COLLEGE STUDES IN MODERN LANGUAGES are published quarterly in October, January, April, and July, by the Departments of Modern Languages of Smith College. The subscription price is seventy-five cents for single numbers, two dollars for the year. Subscriptions and requests for exchanges should be addressed to the SMITH COLLEGE LIBRARY, NORTHAMPTON, MASS. VOLUME I Nos. 1-4. HELEN MAXWELL KING, Les Doctrines Littéraires de la Quotidienne, 1814-1830. No. 1. VOLUME II MARY AUGUSTA JORDAN, An Unpublished Letter of PAUL ROBERT LIEDER, Scott and Scandinavian Lit erature. Nos. 2-3. ELIZABETH A. FOSTER, Le Dernier Séjour de J.-J. Rousseau à Paris, 1770-78. No. 4. ROSE FRANCES EGAN, The Genesis of the Theory of "Art for Art's Sake" in Germany and in England. VOLUME III Nos. 1-2. JOSEF WIEHR, Knut Hamsun, His Personality and His Outlook upon Life. No. 3. No. 4. HOWARD ROLLIN PATCH, The Tradition of the Goddess HOWARD ROLLIN PATCH, The Tradition of the Goddess (Continued on page 3 of cover) This issue of the Smith College Studies in Modern Languages, published under the auspices of the French Department, contains two articles which in their wide diversity have one feature in common; they both deal with exalted minds, but turned in opposite directions. The first describes a group of reactionaries who, from 1821 to 1830, tried to block the way to Romanticism in France, or at least tried to control the impetus of young Romanticists in France. The other describes a group of "artists" living about one century later, who were apparently-and momentarily-irresponsible; they were moved perhaps by the "sainte fureur" alluded to by Ronsard in the Ode à Michel de l'Hospital; they were endeavoring at all events and by all means to hasten the dawn of a new era in literature and art after the great world conflict: A tant, Jupiter enfla Sa bouche rondement pleine, Sa fureur il leur souffla. They began to stir as early as 1916, they knew some fame from 1918 to 1920, and then, gradually, rather rapidly, they sank into oblivion. |