ALFRED DE VIGNY
The reputation of Alfred de Vigny has endured extraordinary
vicissitudes in France. First he was lauded as
the precursor of French romantic poetry and stately
prose; then he sank...
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Alfred de Vigny, poet, novelist, and dramatist, was an influential figure in the Romantic movement, particularly as it developed in the late 1820s and 1830s. His influence on the direction of French t...
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A poet, writer, dramatist, and self-styled "moraliste épique," Alfred de Vigny was also a forerunner of sorts, the first to attempt in verse what François-René de Chateaubriand ha...
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Alfred de Vigny strikes many readers as the least effusive and most reserved of the French Romantic writers. Unlike such counterparts as Alphonse de Lamartine and Victor Hugo, who boldly asserted the...
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Alfred Victor, Comte de Vigny (1797-1863), was one of the finest poets of French romanticism. His lengthy journal reveals his sensitive and aristocratic nature.Alfred de Vigny was born at Loches on Ma...
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Alfred (Victor) de Vigny
Vigny, Comte de