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Paris: second funeral. (100th anniversary of death of Victor Hugo)

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From: National Review
Date: 19851004
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Victor Hugo is enjoying his "second funeral." The famous poet, playwright, and novelist died just one hundred years ago, and his reputation, enormous while he was alive, has not faded with the passage of time, although he has not been so popular with the country's intellectuals. It was Andre Gide who summed up their position when he was asked to name France's greatest poet; he replied, "Victor Hugo, alas." All that a modern consuming society can do to celebrate such an event is being done. Tens of thousands of T-shirts have been manufactured with Hugo's portrait; radio and ...

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