Eight centuries of French literature, from the Chanson de Roland to SartreRobert Foster Bradley, Robert Bell Mitchell |
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... poets . Though classical poetry may be said to begin with the Pléiade poets , their classicism was too individualistic , too capricious , to satisfy the demands of the new age of the seventeenth century for a highly disciplined ...
... poets . Though classical poetry may be said to begin with the Pléiade poets , their classicism was too individualistic , too capricious , to satisfy the demands of the new age of the seventeenth century for a highly disciplined ...
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... poets . In spite of technical defects , however , he did for poetry what Chateaubriand had done for prose ; he revived lyric poetry , which had been dormant for two centuries . Gautier said of him : " Lamartine was not only a poet , he was ...
... poets . In spite of technical defects , however , he did for poetry what Chateaubriand had done for prose ; he revived lyric poetry , which had been dormant for two centuries . Gautier said of him : " Lamartine was not only a poet , he was ...
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... poetry , not by the quantity . For him writing poetry is not a matter of pouring out sensations and emotions from a fevered soul nor of painting the dreams of a poet contemplating the beauties of nature . The poet may draw inspiration ...
... poetry , not by the quantity . For him writing poetry is not a matter of pouring out sensations and emotions from a fevered soul nor of painting the dreams of a poet contemplating the beauties of nature . The poet may draw inspiration ...
Contents
La Chanson de Roland | 3 |
LA LITTÉRATURE BOURGEOISE | 12 |
LA POÉSIE LYRIQUE | 21 |
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