Difference between revisions of "Alphonse de Lamartine"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
''Meditations, poetiques et religieuses,'' published in 1820, was his first book. His greatest prose work, the ''Histoire des Girondins'', was published in 1847. In 1860 he supervised an elaborate edition of his own works in forty-one volumes. | ''Meditations, poetiques et religieuses,'' published in 1820, was his first book. His greatest prose work, the ''Histoire des Girondins'', was published in 1847. In 1860 he supervised an elaborate edition of his own works in forty-one volumes. | ||
| − | + | ''The best thing that Lamartine ever did, is the famous '''Lac''', describing his return to the little mountain tarn of Le Bourget after the death of his mistress, with whom he had visited it in other days. The verse is exquisitely harmonious, the sentiments conventional but refined and delicate, the imagery well chosen and gracefully expressed.'' [http://www.nndb.com/people/876/000049729/ NNDB] | |
| + | |||
| + | ::''at every period he loved to see the Creator through the transparent veil of the creature and to sing to Him hymns of adoration.'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| Line 10: | Line 12: | ||
*[http://www.lamartine.com/ Alphonse de Lamartine] In French. | *[http://www.lamartine.com/ Alphonse de Lamartine] In French. | ||
*[http://abu.cnam.fr/BIB/auteurs/lamartinea.html Textes] In French. | *[http://abu.cnam.fr/BIB/auteurs/lamartinea.html Textes] In French. | ||
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08754a.htm Biography Lamartine] The Catholic Encyclopedia. |
| + | *[http://www.bartleby.com/244/223.html Le Lac] In French. | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||
Revision as of 17:26, January 2, 2008
Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine (Maçon, France 1790 - Paris 1869) French writer, poet, historian and Politician.
Meditations, poetiques et religieuses, published in 1820, was his first book. His greatest prose work, the Histoire des Girondins, was published in 1847. In 1860 he supervised an elaborate edition of his own works in forty-one volumes.
The best thing that Lamartine ever did, is the famous Lac, describing his return to the little mountain tarn of Le Bourget after the death of his mistress, with whom he had visited it in other days. The verse is exquisitely harmonious, the sentiments conventional but refined and delicate, the imagery well chosen and gracefully expressed. NNDB
- at every period he loved to see the Creator through the transparent veil of the creature and to sing to Him hymns of adoration.
External links
- Alphonse de Lamartine In French.
- Textes In French.
- Biography Lamartine The Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Le Lac In French.