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Hugo, Victor Marie, Vicomte
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...Victor Marie Hugo, Vicomte (hyōō´gō, Fr. vēktôr´...s opera Ernani; Verdi also made use of Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse (1832) for...drama. The tragic deaths in that year of Hugo's daughter and her husband were reflected......
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romanticism
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......CountriesThe credo of French romanticism was set forth by Victor Hugo in the preface to his drama Cromwell (1828) and in his play Hernani (1830). Hugo proclaimed the freedom of the artist in both choice and......
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Barthou, Louis
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......the king and Barthou. A man of culture and learning, Barthou was the author of several biographies, notably one of Victor Hugo (tr. 1919). See A. Roberts, The Turning Point (1970)....
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Lemaître, Frédérick
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......Robert Macaire in L'Auberge des Adrets. Equally at home in comedy and tragedy, he was especially popular in the plays of Victor Hugo and other romantic dramatists. He wrote the play Robert Macaire (1834). His early years at the Funambules with Deburau......
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Rodin, Auguste
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......1894, are among his most famous creations.Other ambitious works are his monuments to Balzac (1897; Paris) and to Victor Hugo (1909; Paris). Rodin is also known for his drawings, his many fine portrait busts, and his figures and groups in......
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Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin
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......1829), and a semiautobiographical psychological novel, Volupté (1834), which was inspired by his love for Mme Victor Hugo, he turned to criticism. His weekly articles in reviews were collected as the Causeries du lundi (15 vol., 1851......
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Saint Peter Port
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......harbor is protected by piers; vegetables, fruits, and flowers are exported. Hauteville House, the residence of Victor Hugo from 1856 to 1870, contains memorials of the author. The 13th-century Castle Cornet is on an islet near the town......
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Alves, Antônio de Castro
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...Antônio de Castro Alves (əntô´nyŏŏ dĬ käs´trŏŏ äl´vəs), 1847–71, Brazilian poet. A disciple of Victor Hugo, he came to fame with Espumas flutuantes [tossing spume] (1871). Despite a wild bohemian lifestyle, he was intensely nationalist and socially......
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Bonnat, Léon Joseph Florentin
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......c.1922, French portrait and historical painter. He is best known for his portraits of famous men, including Thiers, Victor Hugo, and Dumas fils. Bonnat is represented in the Metropolitan Museum....
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Borgia, Lucrezia
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......her supposed extravagant vices have not been proved. Nevertheless, Lucrezia Borgia remains best known as portrayed in Victor Hugo's drama and Donizetti's opera, both based on these legends. See biography by S. Bradford (2004)....