Letters, 1837-1852.

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Letters, 1837-1852.

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To Mme. de Lamartine, with impassioned comments on his difficulty in realizing his Romantic ideal in painting. He also mentions his projected portrait of Lamartine, evaluates the poet's political career, and comments on Lamartine's "Bernard Palissy".

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Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869).

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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) was born in Mâcon, France into the aristocracy. His father was imprisoned during the French Revolution but escaped the guillotine. After briefly serving in the military, Lamartine joined the diplomatic corps as secretary to the French embassy at Naples. His first colletion of poetry, Méditations poétiques was published in 1820, establishing him as one of the key figures in the Romantic movement in French literature. Lamartine entered politics and was elected ...

Palissy, Bernard, 1510?-1590

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Caisne, Henri de, 1799-1852.

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