Full Description
First published in 1914, this book contains selections, in poetry and prose, from French Romantic writers. These selections serve to illustrate the theories put forward in a companion volume, The Romantic Movement in French Literature (1910). As a general rule, verse pieces are included in their entirety, although an exception is made in the case of a well-known passage from Victor Hugo's 'Réponse à un acte d'accusation'. Prose selections are generally extracts from larger pieces, although two complete stories are included from Balzac and Mérimée. All selections are presented in the original French. This carefully compiled text will be of value to anyone with an interest in French literature and Romanticism.
Contents
Part I. Lamartine: 1. L'Immortalité; 2. Le Lac; 3. L'Insolement; 4. Le Crucifix; 5. éternité de la Nature; Part II. Alfred de Vigny: 1. Moïse; 2. Le Cor; 3. La Mort du Loup; Part III. Victory Hugo: 1. Aux ruines de Montfort-l'Amaury; 2. Les Djinns; 3. Grenade; 4. Mazeppa; 5. Ce qu'on attend sur la montagne; 6. 'Lorsque l'enfant paraît'; 7. Solaeils couchants; 8. Pan; 9. La Vache; 10. Une nuit qu'on entendait la mer sans la voir; 11. Guitare; 12. Oceano Nox; 13. Chanson; 14. Le Chasseur noir; 15. Chanson; 16. Répose àun acte d'accusation; 17. 'Elle était pâle et pourtant rose'; 18. Veni, vidi, vixi; 19. A Villequier; 20. Booz endormi; 21. Un peu de musique; 22. La rose de l'Infante; 23. De la femme au ciel; 24. Saison des Semailles, le Soir; 25. Quatrième promenade; Part IV. Théophile Gautier: 1. Soleil couchant; 2. Pan de mur; 3. Le pot de fleurs; 4. Symphonie et blanc majeur; 5. L'Art; Part V. Alfred De Musset: 1. Chanson; 2. La Nuit de Mai; 3. La Nuit de Décembre; 4. Lettre à Lamartine; 5. Chanson de Fortunio; 6. La Nuit d'Octobre; 7. Tristesse; 8. Souvenir; Part VI. Chateubriand: 1. Nature in the New World; 2. The Christian soul before the Universe; 3. Christian Architecture; 4. Saint Denis; 5. The Campagna; 6. The Franks; 7. The ruins of Sparta; 8. Athens; 9. The Valley of Jehoshaphat; Part VII. Charles Nodier: 1. The Nightmare; Part VIII. Lamenais: 1. Parable; 2. Mother and Child; Part IX. Augustin Thierry: 1. Saint Radegund; Part X. Jules Michelet: 1. France; 2. Joan of Arc; Part XI. Edgar Quinet: 1. The Meaning of Art; Part XII. Prosper Mérimée: 1. Le'Enlèvement de la Redoute; Part XIII. Sainte-Beuve: 1. Racine; Part XIV. Victor Hugo: 1. Paris in 1482; Part XV. Honoré de Balzac: 1. Le Réquisitionnaire; Part XVI. George Sand: 1. A love letter; 2. The Ploughman; 3. Berry; Part XVII. Théophile Gautier: 1. Ascent of the Mulahacén; 2. The Alhambra; Index to notes.
