Enamels and Cameos (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Théophile Gautier
- First Published: 1852
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Poetry or poets, Romanticism
Critical Evaluation:
Théophile Gautier’s poetry forms the transition between Romanticism and the Parnassus school in France. As a young man, Gautier was a prominent member of the group surrounding Victor Hugo in the battle of Hernani (1830). Later, however, though he did not formally renounce his support of Romanticism, his name was to become associated with the doctrine of Art for Art’s sake, and it is especially in connection with his body of ideas that his name is remembered.
Gautier’s earliest poetry was collected into a volume entitled, simply,...
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