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Victor Hugo. Vol. 1: A Companion to his Poetry.(Review)(Brief Article)

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From: The Modern Language Review
Date: 19990401
Author:Robb, Graham

Victor Hugo. Vol. I: A Companion to his Poetry. By J. C. IRESON. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1997. xiv + 519 pp. 65 [pounds sterling].

This is a general critical edition in narrative form. It consists almost entirely of accurate, previously known biographical, bibliographical, and historical details, and, principally, of descriptions of the thematic content of poems. Hugo's collections are described in order of publication, so that although the verse is treated as a diary of Hugo's intellectual life, his relations with Mme Biard, for example, are mentioned at the end of the book ...

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