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| + | '''Erckmann-Chatrian''' was the name used by French authors [[Émile Erckmann]] (1822-1899) and [[Alexandre Chatrian]] (1826-1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written. | ||
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| + | Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the ''département'' of [[Moselle]], in the [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]] region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the [[Vosges]] mountain range and the [[Alsace-Lorraine]] region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the [[Black Forest]]. Life-long friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name. | ||
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| + | Tales of supernatural horror by the duo that are famous in English include "The Wild Huntsman" (tr. 1871), "The Man-Wolf" (tr. 1876) and "The Crab Spider." These stories received praise from the renowned English ghost story writer, [[M. R. James]]. | ||
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| + | Partly as a result of their republicanism, they were praised by [[Victor Hugo]] and [[Émile Zola]], and fiercely attacked in the pages of ''[[Le Figaro]]''. Gaining popularity from 1859 for their nationalistic, anti-militaristic and anti-German sentiments, they were well-selling authors but had trouble with political censorship throughout their careers. Generally the novels were written by Erckmann, and the plays mostly by Chatrian. | ||
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| + | A festival in their honour is held every summer in the town of Erckmann's birth, [[Phalsbourg]] (German Pfalzburg), which also contains a military museum exhibiting editions of their works. | ||
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| + | ==Works== | ||
| + | ===First works=== | ||
| + | Many of these were not published until the 1860s. | ||
| + | *''Malédiction''; ''Vin rouge et vin blanc'' (1849) | ||
| + | *''L’Alsace en 1814'', play (1850) | ||
| + | *''Science et génie'', fantasy story (1850) | ||
| + | *''Schinderhannes ou les Brigands des Vosges'' (1852) | ||
| + | *''Le Bourgmestre en bouteille'' (by Erckmann, 1856) | ||
| + | *''L’Illustre Docteur Mathéus'' (1856) | ||
| + | *''Contes fantastiques: Le Requiem du corbeau, Rembrandt et L’Œil invisible'' (1857) | ||
| + | *''Gretchen et La Pie'' (1858) | ||
| + | ===From 1859=== | ||
| + | *''Les Lunettes de Hans Schnaps'' (1859) | ||
| + | *''Le Rêve du cousin Elof'' (1859) | ||
| + | *''La Montre du doyen'' (1859) | ||
| + | *''Hans Storkus'' (1859) | ||
| + | *''Les Trois âmes'' (1859) | ||
| + | *''Hugues-le-loup'' (1859) - this notable tale of a [[werewolf]] has been translated into English as "The Man-Wolf" (1876) | ||
| + | *''Contes de la montagne; Contes fantastiques'' (1860) | ||
| + | *''Maître Daniel Rock'' (1861) | ||
| + | *''Le Fou Yégof'' (1861) | ||
| + | *''L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof'' (1862) | ||
| + | *''Les Contes du bord du Rhin'' (1862) | ||
| + | *''Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette'' (1862) | ||
| + | *''Madame Thérèse'' (1863) | ||
| + | *''La Taverne du jambon de Mayence'' (1863) | ||
| + | *''Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette'' (1863) | ||
| + | *''Les Amoureux de Catherine'' (1863) | ||
| + | *''Histoire d’un conscrit de 1813'' (1864) | ||
| + | *''L’Ami Fritz'' (1864) | ||
| + | *''Waterloo'' (sequel to ''Conscrit de 1913'', 1865) | ||
| + | *''Histoire d’un homme du peuple'' (1865) | ||
| + | *''La Maison forestière'' (1866) | ||
| + | *''La Guerre'' (1866) | ||
| + | *''Le Blocus'' (1866) | ||
| + | *''Contes et romans populaires'' (1867) | ||
| + | *''[[Le Juif polonais]]'', play (1867) | ||
| + | *''Histoire d’un paysan'' (1867) | ||
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| + | ===After the Franco-Prussian War=== | ||
| + | *''Histoire du plébiscite racontée par un des 7 500 000 oui'', essay (1871) | ||
| + | *''Lettre d’un électeur à son député'', pamphlet against reactionaries (1871) | ||
| + | *''Les Deux Frères'' (1871) | ||
| + | *''Histoire d’un sous-maître'' (1871) | ||
| + | *''Une campagne en Kabylie'' (1873) | ||
| + | *''Les Années de collège de Maître Nablot'' (1874) | ||
| + | *''Le Brigadier Frédéric, histoire d’un Français chassé par les Allemands'' (1874) | ||
| + | *''Maître Gaspard Fix, histoire d’un conservateur'' (1875) | ||
| + | *''L’Education d’un féodal'' (1875) | ||
| + | *''L’Intérêt des paysans, lettre d’un cultivateur aux paysans de France'', essay (1876) | ||
| + | *''Contes et romans alsaciens'' (1876) | ||
| + | *''Souvenirs d’un ancien chef de chantier à l’isthme de Suez'' (1876) | ||
| + | *''Les Amoureux de Catherine'' and ''L’Ami Fritz'', plays (adapted by Chatrian, 1877) | ||
| + | *''Contes vosgiens'' (1877) | ||
| + | *''Alsace ou les fiancés d’Alsace'', play (adapted by Chatrian from ''Histoire du plébiscite'', 1880) | ||
| + | *''Le Grand-père Lebigre'' (1880) | ||
| + | *''Les Vieux de la vieille'' (1880) | ||
| + | *''Quelques mots sur l’esprit humain, résumé de la philosophie d’Erckmann'', essay (1880) | ||
| + | *''Le Banni'' (sequel to ''Le Brigadier Frédéric'', 1881) | ||
| + | *''La Taverne des Trabans'', play (adapted from ''La Taverne du jambon de Mayence'', 1881) | ||
| + | *''Les Rantzau'', play (adapted from ''Deux Frères'', 1882) | ||
| + | *''Madame Thérèse'', play (adapted by Chatrian, 1882) | ||
| + | *''Le Banni'' (1882) | ||
| + | *''Le Fou Chopine'', play (adapted from ''Gretchen'', 1883) | ||
| + | *''Époques mémorables de l’Histoire de France: avant ’89'' (1884) | ||
| + | *''Myrtille'', play (1885) | ||
| + | *''L’Art et les grands idéalistes'', essay (1885) | ||
| + | *''Pour les enfants'', essay (published 1888) | ||
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| + | ===English translations=== | ||
| + | *''The Man-Wolf and Other Tales'' (1876, rpt 1976) | ||
| + | *''Strange Stories'' (1880) | ||
| + | *''Best Tales of Terror'' (1980) edited by [[Hugh Lamb]] | ||
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| + | ==Bibliography== | ||
| + | *Benoît-Guyod, G. ''La Vie et l'Œuvre d'Erckmann-Chatrian. Témoignages et documents.'' Tome 14, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1963. | ||
| + | *Hinzelin, Émile. ''Erckmann-Chatrian. Étude biographique et littéraire.'' J. Ferenczi et fils, Paris, 1922. | ||
| + | *Schoumacker, L. ''Erckmann-Chatrian. Étude biographique et critique d'après des documents inédits.'' Les Belles-Lettres, Paris, 1933. | ||
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Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822-1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.
Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the département of Moselle, in the Lorraine region in the extreme north-east of France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode, applying to the Vosges mountain range and the Alsace-Lorraine region techniques inspired by story-tellers from the Black Forest. Life-long friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name.
Tales of supernatural horror by the duo that are famous in English include "The Wild Huntsman" (tr. 1871), "The Man-Wolf" (tr. 1876) and "The Crab Spider." These stories received praise from the renowned English ghost story writer, M. R. James.
Partly as a result of their republicanism, they were praised by Victor Hugo and Émile Zola, and fiercely attacked in the pages of Le Figaro. Gaining popularity from 1859 for their nationalistic, anti-militaristic and anti-German sentiments, they were well-selling authors but had trouble with political censorship throughout their careers. Generally the novels were written by Erckmann, and the plays mostly by Chatrian.
A festival in their honour is held every summer in the town of Erckmann's birth, Phalsbourg (German Pfalzburg), which also contains a military museum exhibiting editions of their works.
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Works
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First works
Many of these were not published until the 1860s.
- Malédiction; Vin rouge et vin blanc (1849)
- L’Alsace en 1814, play (1850)
- Science et génie, fantasy story (1850)
- Schinderhannes ou les Brigands des Vosges (1852)
- Le Bourgmestre en bouteille (by Erckmann, 1856)
- L’Illustre Docteur Mathéus (1856)
- Contes fantastiques: Le Requiem du corbeau, Rembrandt et L’Œil invisible (1857)
- Gretchen et La Pie (1858)
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From 1859
- Les Lunettes de Hans Schnaps (1859)
- Le Rêve du cousin Elof (1859)
- La Montre du doyen (1859)
- Hans Storkus (1859)
- Les Trois âmes (1859)
- Hugues-le-loup (1859) - this notable tale of a werewolf has been translated into English as "The Man-Wolf" (1876)
- Contes de la montagne; Contes fantastiques (1860)
- Maître Daniel Rock (1861)
- Le Fou Yégof (1861)
- L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof (1862)
- Les Contes du bord du Rhin (1862)
- Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette (1862)
- Madame Thérèse (1863)
- La Taverne du jambon de Mayence (1863)
- Confidences d’un joueur de clarinette (1863)
- Les Amoureux de Catherine (1863)
- Histoire d’un conscrit de 1813 (1864)
- L’Ami Fritz (1864)
- Waterloo (sequel to Conscrit de 1913, 1865)
- Histoire d’un homme du peuple (1865)
- La Maison forestière (1866)
- La Guerre (1866)
- Le Blocus (1866)
- Contes et romans populaires (1867)
- Le Juif polonais, play (1867)
- Histoire d’un paysan (1867)
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After the Franco-Prussian War
- Histoire du plébiscite racontée par un des 7 500 000 oui, essay (1871)
- Lettre d’un électeur à son député, pamphlet against reactionaries (1871)
- Les Deux Frères (1871)
- Histoire d’un sous-maître (1871)
- Une campagne en Kabylie (1873)
- Les Années de collège de Maître Nablot (1874)
- Le Brigadier Frédéric, histoire d’un Français chassé par les Allemands (1874)
- Maître Gaspard Fix, histoire d’un conservateur (1875)
- L’Education d’un féodal (1875)
- L’Intérêt des paysans, lettre d’un cultivateur aux paysans de France, essay (1876)
- Contes et romans alsaciens (1876)
- Souvenirs d’un ancien chef de chantier à l’isthme de Suez (1876)
- Les Amoureux de Catherine and L’Ami Fritz, plays (adapted by Chatrian, 1877)
- Contes vosgiens (1877)
- Alsace ou les fiancés d’Alsace, play (adapted by Chatrian from Histoire du plébiscite, 1880)
- Le Grand-père Lebigre (1880)
- Les Vieux de la vieille (1880)
- Quelques mots sur l’esprit humain, résumé de la philosophie d’Erckmann, essay (1880)
- Le Banni (sequel to Le Brigadier Frédéric, 1881)
- La Taverne des Trabans, play (adapted from La Taverne du jambon de Mayence, 1881)
- Les Rantzau, play (adapted from Deux Frères, 1882)
- Madame Thérèse, play (adapted by Chatrian, 1882)
- Le Banni (1882)
- Le Fou Chopine, play (adapted from Gretchen, 1883)
- Époques mémorables de l’Histoire de France: avant ’89 (1884)
- Myrtille, play (1885)
- L’Art et les grands idéalistes, essay (1885)
- Pour les enfants, essay (published 1888)
[edit]
English translations
- The Man-Wolf and Other Tales (1876, rpt 1976)
- Strange Stories (1880)
- Best Tales of Terror (1980) edited by Hugh Lamb
[edit]
Bibliography
- Benoît-Guyod, G. La Vie et l'Œuvre d'Erckmann-Chatrian. Témoignages et documents. Tome 14, Jean-Jacques Pauvert, Paris, 1963.
- Hinzelin, Émile. Erckmann-Chatrian. Étude biographique et littéraire. J. Ferenczi et fils, Paris, 1922.
- Schoumacker, L. Erckmann-Chatrian. Étude biographique et critique d'après des documents inédits. Les Belles-Lettres, Paris, 1933.
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