V. HUGO : « LES CONTEMPLATIONS. MÉMOIRES D`UNE ÂME » - A MEMORY OF SOUL AND DESTINY
V. HUGO : « LES CONTEMPLATIONS. MÉMOIRES D`UNE ÂME » - A MEMORY OF SOUL AND DESTINY

Summary/Abstract: We intend to emphasize the fact that the volume Les Contemplations- the poetical masterpiece of V. Hugo that he subtitled Memoires d'une âme, summarizes all his previous destiny and changes the lines of force of his lyricism due to the two main tragical events that the poet experienced the death of his daughter and the exile. At the same time, the volume enlarges his inspiration by approaching the great metaphysical themes such as death, God, love, nature and the poetical creation. Stylistically different from the previous volumes, Les Contemplations also asserts for the major changes in poetry due to the decline of the Romanticism and the development of the Parnassian tendencies. From the formal point of view, the volume is characterized by a great simplicity of style and by the rejection of any form of pathos.

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