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Biography

Name: Henri Becque
Variant Name: Henry (-Francois) Becque
Birth Date: April 18, 1837
Death Date: April 12, 1899
Nationality: French
Ethnicity: French
Gender: Male

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Biography of Henri Becque
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Henry Becque is best known as the author of two controversial plays staged in Paris in the 1880s: Les Corbeaux (1882; translated as The Crows, 1912) and La Parisienne (1885; translated as The Woman of Paris, 1913). These works, it is often said, broke...


Quotations
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Henry Becque Quotes
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The defect of equality is that we only desire it with our...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Henry Becque Information
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Henry François Becque (April 9 1837 - May 1899), French dramatist, was born in Lille. He wrote the book of an opera Sardanapale in imitation of Lord Byron for the music of Victorin de Joncières in 1867, but his first important work, Michel Pauper,...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Norman Araujo
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In the following essay, Araujo delivers an in-depth discussion of The Vultures, which opened with mixed reviews.
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Critical Essay by Hugh Allison Smith
4,977 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Smith compares the three main influences involved in the modification of Dumas and Augier's Social drama, including Becque and the Theatre Libre.
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Critical Essay by James Huneker
4,394 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Huneker examines Becque's style through overviews of The Vultures, The Prodigal Son, and The Woman of Paris.
 


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