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Hugo, Victor, and Theophile Gautier.(Theophile Gautier, Victor Hugo)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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From: Biography
Date: 20030622
Author:Piquel, Agnes

Theophile Gautier, Victor Hugo. Francoise Court-Perez. Paris: Champion, 2000. 260 pp. Euro65,85.

In this volume, Francoise Court-Perez publishes a series of documents written between 1830 and 1870 in which Theophile Gautier speaks about Victor Hugo. These documents include the first meeting between the two writers immediately after the creation of Hugo's Hernani. They give precious details on the evolution of staging in Hugo's dramas and the attempt to impose his new dramatic aesthetic on the public. Altogether, however, this book lacks a bibliography and an analysis of the ...

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