The Poetry of Lamartine (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alphonse de Lamartine
- First Published: 1820
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: France or French people, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Literature, Poetry or poets, Romanticism
Critical Evaluation:
As a young man, Lamartine’s first literary attempts were in the area of the epic and the drama. In 1848, after the Revolution of that year, Lamartine was made head of the provisional government of France. His liberal sympathies were known throughout the nation, and he was immensely popular. Yet it is neither as an epic poet, nor as a dramatist, nor still less as a politician that Lamartine is best known. His lasting fame has depended principally on his POETICAL MEDITATIONS, lyrical elegies about love and nature, life and God.
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