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| − | '''Victor Marie Hugo''' (1802–1885) is considered one of the greatest Romanticist poets, for which he is best known in his native [[France]]. A prolific [[writer]], he also penned the classic play ''Cromwell'' (1827), and novels ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1831) and ''[[Les Miserables]]'' (1862). Hugo addressed many of the social problems of his time, such as poverty, child labor, and women's condition. He strongly opposed the death penalty. While he was not blind to their flaws, he admired both the [[French Revolution]] and [[Napoleon]]. | + | '''Victor Marie Hugo''' (1802–1885) is considered one of the greatest Romanticist poets, for which he is best known in his native [[France]]. A prolific [[writer]], he also penned the classic play ''Cromwell'' (1827), and novels ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' (1831) and ''[[Les Miserables]]'' (1862). Hugo addressed many of the social problems of his time, such as poverty, child labor, and women's condition. He strongly opposed the death penalty. While he was not blind to their flaws, he admired both the [[French Revolution]] and [[Napoleon]]. His writing style was for the common man. |
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| | [[Christianity]] animated his work. In his Preface to ''Cromwell'', Hugo wrote: | | [[Christianity]] animated his work. In his Preface to ''Cromwell'', Hugo wrote: |
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| | :Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The [[Bible]], [[Homer]], [[Shakespeare]] ... The Bible before the [[Iliad]], the Iliad before Shakespeare. | | :Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The [[Bible]], [[Homer]], [[Shakespeare]] ... The Bible before the [[Iliad]], the Iliad before Shakespeare. |
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| − | In ''Les Miserables'', Hugo wrote (Book 5, Chapter 4): | + | In ''Les Miserables'', Hugo wrote (Book 5, Chapter 4): |
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| | :[[God]] is behind everything, but everything hides God. | | :[[God]] is behind everything, but everything hides God. |
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| − | His novels 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' 'Les Miserables,' and 'The Man who Laughs,' have all been made into movies several times. Furthermore, the design of Gwynplaine in the 1928 adaptation of 'The Man who Laughs' inspired the design of the [[Batman]] villain the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]]. | + | His novels ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', ''Les Miserables'', and ''The Man who Laughs'', have all been made into movies several times. Furthermore, the design of Gwynplaine in the 1928 adaptation of ''The Man who Laughs'' inspired the design of the [[Batman]] villain the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]]. |
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