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- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
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- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882; American)
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869; French)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861; English)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882; American)
- Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855; French)
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Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869; French)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2021
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Romanticism: 100 Poems
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Part
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882; American)
- Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869; French)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861; English)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882; American)
- Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855; French)
- Part
- Part
Summary
For a time Sainte-Beuve was a member of the cénacle or circle around Victor Hugo, whom he revered as a poet. Despite Hugo’s encouragement (his poem “To my Friend S.-B.” may have backfired), Sainte-Beuve gave up his own poetry and turned to criticism; he was to become the most eminent critic of his day. He took an interest in Wordsworth, and enlisted the sonnet “Scorn not the sonnet” (p. x) in his own campaign to revive it in France.
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- Romanticism: 100 Poems , pp. 143 - 144Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021