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Primitive times are lyrical, ancient times epical, modern times dramatic. The ode sings of eternity, the epic imparts solemnity to history, the drama depicts life. The characteristic of the first poetry is ingeniousness, of the second, simplicity, of the third, truth. - Victor Hugo Attribution: Victor Hugo (1802–1885), French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist. Trans. by William G. Allen. Cromwell, preface (1827).

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Victor Hugo

Titles by Victor Hugo:

• Les Miserables
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eNotes:

• Victor Hugo (Les Miserables)
• Victor Hugo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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Salem on History:

• Victor Hugo

Encyclopedia:

• Hugo, Victor (The Oxford Companion to English Literature)
• Hugo, Victor Marie (The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare)
• Hugo, Victor (The Oxford Dictionary of Art)

Salem on Literature:

• Victor Hugo (Magill Book Reviews)
• Victor Hugo (Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century)
• Victor Hugo (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Poetry)
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Drama)
• Victor Hugo (Censorship (Ready Reference series))
• Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
• Victor Hugo (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

Literary Criticism:

• Hugo, Victor (Poetry Criticism)

Calendar of Literary Facts:

• Victor Hugo dies
• Victor Hugo publishes Les Miserables
• Victor Hugo is born