Aloysius Bertrand  

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"Or, l'auteur de ce livre a envisagé l'art sous cette double personnification; mais il n'a point été trop exclusif, et voici, outre les fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot, des études sur Van Eyck, Lucas de Leyde, Albert Dürer, Peter Neef, Breughel de Velours, Breughel d'Enfer, Van Ostade, Gérard Dow, Salvator Rosa, Murillo, Fusely et plusieurs autres maîtres de différentes écoles."--Gaspard de la Nuit (1842) by Aloysius Bertrand

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Aloysius Bertrand (1807 - 1841) was French poet best known for his collection Gaspard de la nuit (1842).

He introduced the prose poem into French literature and inspired Symbolist poets.

He was born in Ceva, Piedmont, Italy and his family settled in Dijon in 1814. There he developed an interest in the Burgundian capital. His contributions to a local paper lead to recognition by Victor Hugo and Sainte-Beuve. He lived in Paris shortly with little success. He returned to Dijon and continued writing for local newspapers.

Gaspard was sold in 1836 but it wasn't published until 1842 after his death of tuberculosis. The book was rediscovered by Baudelaire and Mallarmé. It is now considered a classic of poetic and fantastic literature.



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