Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE BEGINNINGS -- I. Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries -- II. Analogous Arts: France, Germany, England -- PART TWO: SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DEVELOPMENTS -- III. New Uses Of and Attitudes Toward 'Grotesque' in Art -- IV. Figurative Uses of 'Grotesque' in Literature -- PART THREE: THE RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY -- V. Grotesque Taste and Art -- VI. 'Grotesque'in Literary Criticism -- VII. Characters, Caricaturas, and Grotesque-Comedy -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index to Names and Titles