ALFRED DE MUSSET
A poet has no right to play fast and loose with his
genius. It does not belong to him, it belongs
to the Almighty; it belongs to the world and to a
coming generation. At t...
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The French poet, dramatist, and fiction writer Louis Charles Alfred de Musset (1810-1857), a major romantic poet, is remembered for his Iyric poems, elegant comedies, and the powerful drama "Lorenzacc...
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Most great dramatists who have played a major role in the development of their national dramatic traditions--William Shakespeare and Molière spring immediately to mind--were actively involved i...
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Although in this century the appeal of his poetry has finally been eclipsed by the charm of his theater, at the height of his popularity in his own time Alfred de Musset was known chiefly as a lyric p...
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The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete
Louis Charles Alfred de Musset
(Louis) (Charles) Alfred de Musset