Fêtes Galantes and Other Poems (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Verlaine
- First Published: 1866
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry, Symbolist literature
- Subjects: France or French people, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Literature, Poetry or poets, Symbolism, Romanticism
Critical Evaluation:
The importance of literary groups or schools has always been greater in France than in England or America, and much of French literary history can best be understood through the reaction of one school against another. After the great wave of Romanticism in the 1830’s and 1840’s, a counterwave was inevitable. This originated in the group known as the Parnassians, which first made itself known in 1866 and was led by Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) and continued by José-Maria de Heredia (1842-1905). The members of the school had two objectives. They wanted...
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