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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: A History for Theory1. The Politics of MethodPeter Ramus, MartyrThe Method of the English RevolutionJohn Wesley, Methodist2. The Culture of British Common SenseUs and ThemSticking to the FactsThe Trials of ReasonBurke, Coleridge, and the Method of Nature3. The Myth of French ExcessA Nation of PhilosophersSystem and Sensibility: Rousseau4. The Image of GermanyConspirators and FreemasonsScandal on the StageThe Derangements of Theory5. Engendering MethodThe Case for Female ReasonA Revolution among Women6. System and LiteratureThe Sublime: A Masculine ConfusionThe Place of English LiteratureA Theory of Imprecision: Utilitarianism7. A Radical LiteraturePlotting the Middle GroundThe Wordsworth QuestionThe Struggle with Albion's Angels: William BlakeEroticism and Futurity: Shelley and Keats8. Thoughts on the Present DiscontentsA Revolution That Will Not FinishThe Problem of Theory in the PostmodernNotesBibliographyIndex