Victor Hugo (Critical Survey of Long Fiction)
Other Literary Forms
Victor Hugo dominates nineteenth century literature in France both by the length of his writing career and by the diversity of his work. Indeed, it is difficult to think of a literary form he did not employ. Lyric, satiric, and epic poetry; drama in verse and prose; political polemic and social criticism—all are found in his oeuvre. His early plays and poetry made him a leader of the Romantic movement. His political writing includes the publication of a newspaper, L’Événement, in 1851, which contributed to his exile from the Second Empire....
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