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Théophile Gautier

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Biography

Name: Theophile Gautier
Variant Name: Pierre Jules Theophile Gautier
Birth Date: August 30, 1811
Death Date: October 23, 1872
Nationality: French
Ethnicity: French
Gender: Male

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Biography of Theophile Gautier
7,524 words, approx. 25 pages
Théophile Gautier was one of the best known and most highly respected literary personalities in France in the nineteenth century. Among writers of the time, he counted as friends Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas père, Honoré de Balzac,...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Théophile Gautier Information
3,519 words, approx. 12 pages
Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 – October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic. While an ardent defender of Romanticism, Gautier's work is difficult to classify and remains a point of...


News and Journals
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Comparative Literature
Semiologies Of Travel: From Gautier To Baudrillard
07/01/2006: 1,273 words, approx. 4 pages
SEMIOLOGIES OF TRAVEL: FROM GAUTIER TO BAUDRILLARD. By David Scott. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ix, 235 p. The difficulty of defining travel literature has resulted in critical acceptance that a number of interpretative approaches must be adopted in order to interrogate the...
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Home Textiles Today
Gautier launches gallery programs.(Gautier France S.A.)(Brief Article)
03/30/2001: 547 words, approx. 2 pages
In-store displays make debut at Florida's Baby Love Pompano Beach, Fla. -- Looking to expand its business in the U.S. market, Gautier, the French youth bedroom resource, is rolling out a gallery program in select retail stores. The company's first gallery opened...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Albert J. George
7,974 words, approx. 27 pages
In the following excerpt, George offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of Gautier's short fiction, maintaining that he "stands forth as one of the earliest to construct a formal short story. "
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Critical Essay by Albert J. George
7,963 words, approx. 27 pages
In this excerpt, George offers a thematic and stylistic analysis of Gautier's short fiction and praises him for raising the standard of the genre.
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Critical Essay by Joan Driscoll
7,877 words, approx. 26 pages
In the essay that follows, Driscoll discusses Gautier's detailed descriptions in his travelogue, Voyage en Italie, and attempts to distinguish between the two voices of the narrator—the journalist and the poet.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
A Tale of Sin and Atonement
721 words, approx. 2 pages
An analysis of sin on the part of Romuald in Theophile Gautier's short story "A Beautiful Vampire." All the characters in the story commit various sins, but the fact that Romauld is an ordained priest makes the story what it is and initially draws in the reader.


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