BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help

Not What You Meant?  There are 10 definitions for Edmond.  Also try: Edmond and Jules Goncourt.

Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt Biography

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
About 41 pages (12,397 words)
Edmond de Goncourt Summary

Bookmark and Share Questions on this topic? Just ask!
Name: Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt
Variant Name: Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt|Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt|Edmond de and Jules de Goncourt|Edmond Louis DeGoncour
Birth Date: May 26, 1822
Death Date: July 16, 1896
Nationality: French
Gender: Male

Dictionary of Literary Biography on Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt

The following essay discusses Edmond de Goncourt and his brother, Jules de Goncourt.

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, brothers and lifelong, intimate friends, played a role of considerable importance in the development of French culture, and especially the novel, in the second half of the nineteenth century. By the time they entered adulthood, romanticism was already waning in the arts and letters and in cultural life; the brothers shared in the elaboration of attitudes, approaches, and artistic and literary techniques that gradually acquired recognition during their lifetimes. While romanticism has certainly never died and the Goncourts subscribed to Romantic doctrines--for instance, their belief in the elite status of the artist--they were important forces in developing newer doctrines. They shared with their contemporaries Charles Baudelaire and Gustave Flaubert the conviction that words, properly used, could capture most of what it is to be human, including those aspects of humanity that may not be readily perceived in behavior but that can be investigated and portrayed through literature.

This is a free page. This page contains 151 words. This biography contains 12,397 words (approx. 41 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Biography with our Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt Access Pass.

More Information
  • View Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt Study Pack
  • 10 Alternative Definitions
  • Search Results for "Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt"
  • Add This to Your Bibliography
  • More Products on This Subject
    Edmond de Goncourt
    A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.... more

    Edmond de Goncourt
    Medieval 16th century · 17th century 18th century · 19th century 20th century · Co... more


     
    Ask any question on Edmond de Goncourt and get it answered FAST!
    Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
    discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
    Learn more about BookRags Q&A
    Copyrights
    B. F. Bart, University of Pittsburgh. Edmond (Louis Antoine Huot) de Goncourt from Dictionary of Literary Biography. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags




    About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy