Victor Marie Hugo ( 1802-02-26 – 1885-05-22 ) is recognized as the most influential French Romantic writer of the 19th century and is often identified as the greatest French poet. See also: Les Misérables Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Letter To M. Daelli...
On 22 May 1885 Victor Hugo died, prompting international mourning unprecedented for a literary figure. Within an hour the periodical Gil Blas published a special edition, which sold out everywhere, and soon millions flocked to Paris in a spectacular...
No century of French literature has been better represented by a single author than the nineteenth, and no writer better personifies the French nineteenth century than Victor Hugo. His life span corresponds closely to the century's limits; for fully...
Victor Hugo, one of France's most prolific nineteenth-century authors, wrote novels, poems, and dramatic works. His career as a playwright began in 1816 and ended almost sixty years later. The dramas and prefaces that he wrote between 1826 and 1843...
Victor-Marie Hugo (pronounced [viktɔʁ maʁi yˈgo]) (February 26, 1802 — May 22, 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic...
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Life And Works Of Victor Hugo Victor Hugo was born in Besancon on February 26, 1802, and died in Paris on May 22, 1885. Thus he dominates French literature during the entire nineteenth century, and the period has been called "The...
ON MEMORIAL DAY a local landmark - Vincent McCaffrey and Thais Coburn's used bookstore Avenue Victor Hugo, on upper Newbury Street since 1975 - will be shuttered forever. Available free at the store's going-out-of-business sale (and at AvenueVictorHugo.com) are copies of "The Crepuscule: Twelve...
Question 1 of 10:The crowns of Scotland and England became united in 1603 when which Scot replaced Queen Elizabeth on the throne? Charles I James I Henry VII Edward VI Question 2 of 10:English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded in 1618...
Today is Wednesday, June 13, the 164th day of 2007. There are 201 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Miranda v. Arizona decision, ruling that criminal suspects had to be informed of their constitutional...
In the following essay, Denommé examines Hugo's poetic oeuvre, stating that it is representative of the development of French Romanticism. The critic concludes: "Hugo's poetry invites us to strip away the restrictions dictated to us by practical reason and experience in order to view the world more directly with our emotions."
In the following excerpt, Brereton surveys Hugo's poetry, comparing his works to those of such other French poets as Charles Baudelaire and Alphonse de Lamartine.
An overview of the life of author, poet, playwright, husband and politician Victor Hugo. Examines his creative life, his private life and his politics.
