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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (20 June 1786 – 23 July 1859) was a French poet and novelist. She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her father's business was ruined, and she traveled with her mother to Guadeloupe in search of financial help from a distant relative. Marceline's mother died of yellow fever there, and the young girl somehow made her way back to France. At age 16, back in Douai, she began a career on stage. In 1817 she married her husband, the "second-rate" actor Prosper Lanchantin-Valmore. She published ''Élégies et Romances'', her first poetic work, in 1819. In 1821 she published the narrative work ''Veillées des Antilles''. It includes the novella ''Sarah'', a contribution to the genre of slave stories in France. Marceline appeared as an actress and singer in Douai, Rouen, the Opéra-Comique in Paris, and the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, where she notably played Rosine in Beaumarchais's ''Le Barbier de Séville''. She retired from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poète Maudit
A ''poète maudit'' (, "accursed poet") is a poet living a life outside or against society. Abuse of drugs and alcohol, insanity, crime, violence, and in general any societal sin, often resulting in an early death, are typical elements of the biography of a ''poète maudit''. History of the term The phrase ''poète maudit'' was coined in the beginning of the 19th century by Alfred de Vigny in his 1832 novel ''Stello'', in which he calls the poet "" (the race that will always be cursed by the powerful ones of the earth). Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud are considered typical examples. Lautréamont or Alice de Chambrier are also considered as ''poètes maudits'', as is the American 20th-century poet Hart Crane. The term came into wider usage since Verlaine's anthology. Originally it was used just for the writers in his book (see below), but then it became a name for writers (or even artists in general) whose lives and art are outside or against their society. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Women Poets
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Women Novelists
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with France ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Fortnite French places Arts and media * The French (band), a British rock band * "French" (episode), a live-action episode of ''The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' * ''Française'' (film), 2008 * French Stewart (born 1964), American actor Other uses * French (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * French (tunic), a particular type of military jacket or tunic used in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union * French's, an American brand of mustard condiment * French catheter scale, a unit of measurement of diameter * French Defence, a chess opening * French kiss, a type of kiss involving the tongue See also * France (other) * Franch, a surname * French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1859 Deaths
Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final unification takes place on December 1, 1918; Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time). * January 28 – The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Washington Territory of the United States of America. * February 2 – Miguel Miramón (1832–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * February 4 – German scholar Constantin von Tischendorf rediscovers the ''Codex Sinaiticus'', a 4th-century uncial manuscript of the Greek Bible, in Saint Catherine's Monastery on the foot of Mount Sinai, in the Khedivate of Egypt. * February 14 – Oregon is admitted as the 33rd U.S. state. * February 12 – The Mekteb-i Mülkiye School is founded in the Ottoman Empire. * February 17 – French naval forces under Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1786 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of England in a storm, with only 74 of more than 240 on board surviving. * February 2 – In a speech before The Asiatic Society in Calcutta, Sir William Jones notes the formal resemblances between Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, laying the foundation for comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies. * March 1 – The Ohio Company of Associates is organized by five businessmen at a meeting at the Bunch-of-Grapes Tavern in Boston, to purchase land from the United States government to form settlements in what is now the U.S. state of Ohio. * March 13 – Construction begins in Dublin on the Four Courts Building, with the first stone laid down by the United Kingdom's Viceroy for Ireland, the Duke of Rutland. April–June * Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Douai
A person (plural, : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal obligation, legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1860 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Andreas Munch becomes the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament of Norway. Works published in English Canada * Charles Heavysege, ''Count Filippo''Gustafson, Ralph, ''The Penguin Book of Canadian Verse'', revised edition, 1967, Baltimore, Maryland: Penguin Books * Charles Sangster, ''Hesperus and Other Poems and Lyrics'' United Kingdom * Elizabeth Barrett Browning, ''Poems Before Congress''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Samuel Lover, ''Metrical Tales, and Other Poems'', illustrated by Hablot Knight Browne, Kenney Meadows and others * Coventry Patmore, ''Faithful for Ever'' (''The Angel in the House'', Volume 3; see also ''The Betrothal'' 1854, ''The Espousals'' 1856, ''The Victories of Love'' 1863) * John Leicester Warren, writing under the pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1843 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 4 – William Wordsworth accepts the office of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom (following the death of Robert Southey on March 21) on being assured that it is regarded as a purely honorific position. Works published United Kingdom * R. S. Hawker, ''Reeds Shaken with the Wind'' * Thomas Hood, "The Song of the Shirt", a poem (published in the Christmas issue of ''Punch'') * Richard Henry Horne, ''Orion: An epic poem'' United States * William Ellery Channing (poet), ''Poems'', published at the expense of the author's friend Samuel Gray Ward; the volume is admired by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau but condemned by Edgar Allan Poe in "Our Amateur Poets", an essay in ''Graham's''Burt, Daniel S.''The Chronology of American Literature: : America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1839 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * William Wordsworth granted an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Oxford University. Works published United Kingdom * Philip James Bailey, ''Festus'', reprinted in numerous editions up to 1889, when the 50th anniversary edition was published * Thomas De Quincey, biographical essays on the Lake Poets in the series ''Recollections of the Lake Poets'', in ''Tait's Edinburgh Magazine'' (see also ''Recollections'' 1834, 1835, 1840): ** "William Wordsworth," January, February, and April ** "William Wordsworth and Robert Southey," July ** "Southey, Wordsworth, and Coleridge," August ** "Recollections of Grasmere," September ** "The Saracen's Head," December * William Gaskell, ''Temperance Rhymes'' * Henry Hart Milman, ''Poetical Works'' * Percy Bysshe Shelley, posthumous works (died 1822): ** ''The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley'' in four volumes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1833 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June – Rev. John Henry Newman writes "The Pillar of Cloud" (''Lead, Kindly Light'') on a boat in the Strait of Bonifacio. * 15 September – English poet Arthur Henry Hallam, a friend of Tennyson (and fiancé of his sister Emily), dies suddenly of a brain haemorrhage in Vienna aged 22. This year in his memory Tennyson writes "Ulysses" (completed 20 October; published in ''Poems'' of 1842), ''Tithon'' (an early version of "Tithonus") and "The Two Voices" (originally entitled "Thoughts of a Suicide") and begins "Morte d'Arthur" (published 1842) and "Tiresias" (published 1885). In 1850 he will publish ''In Memoriam A.H.H.'' Works published United Kingdom * Elizabeth Barrett (later Elizabeth Barrett Browning), anonymously published translation from the Ancient Greek of Aeschylus, ''Prometheus Bound'' * Edward Bickersteth, ''Christian Psalmody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1825 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * ''La bibliothèque canadienne'', a French Canadian magazine edited by Michel Bibaud, begins publishing this year (and will continue to 1830) * Dalry Burns Club established to honour the memory of Scottish poet Robert Burns; it claims the longest unbroken record of Burns suppers. Poetry published United Kingdom * Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ''The Works of Anna Laetitia Barbauld'', edited by Lucy Aikin * Sara Coleridge, translator from the French of Jacques de Mailles, ''The History of the Chevalier Bayard'' * Louisa Costello, ''Songs of a Stranger'' * Allan Cunningham, editor, ''The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern'', anthology * Robert Davidson, ''Poems'', Scotland * Charles Dibdin the younger, ''Comic Tales and Lyrical Fancies'' * Alexander Dyce, editor, ''Specimens of British Poetesses'', anthology * Felicia Dorothea Hemans, ''The Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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