Project Gutenberg 2006-09-05 Public domain in the USA. 215 Lemaître, Jules 1853 1914 Lemaitre, Jules Lemaître, François Elie Jules Lemaitre, Francois Elie Jules Les contemporains, première série Études et portraits littéraires Théodore de Banville -- Sully-Prudhomme -- François Coppée -- Edouard Grenier -- Madame Adam -- Madame Alphonse Daudet -- À propos d'un nouveau livre de classe -- Ernest Renan -- Ferdinand Brunetière -- Emile Zola -- Guy de Maupassant -- J.-K. Huysmans -- Georges Ohnet. Produced by Mireille Harmelin, Keith J. Adams and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les contemporains, première série" by Jules Lemaître is a collection of literary studies and portraits written in the late 19th century. This work seems to delve into the lives and contributions of contemporary French authors, featuring notable figures such as Théodore de Banville, Sully-Prudhomme, and Émile Zola among others. Lemaître’s approach likely reflects on their styles, influences, and the literary movements of their time, offering readers insight into the landscape of French literature during this period. The opening of the book serves as an introduction to Lemaître's literary critiques and reflections on several poets, starting with Théodore de Banville. Lemaître emphasizes Banville’s unique approach to poetry, particularly his development of the "ode funambulesque," which marries comic and lyrical elements. He discusses Banville's techniques, such as the use of rhyme as a crucial device in creating effects in poetry and highlights how this poet's craftsmanship plays a central role in his work. Lemaître also juxtaposes Banville's approach to earlier poetic forms, illustrating the evolution of poetic expression in the context of romantic and whimsical themes, thus setting the stage for a broader exploration of the lives and works of contemporary authors that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr French literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Authors, French PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: French Literature 568380 2025-08-08T08:05:52.354654 text/html 568201 2025-01-08T08:29:16.875782 text/html 291694 2025-08-08T08:06:01.345645 application/epub+zip 298362 2025-08-08T08:05:55.579676 application/epub+zip 291723 2025-08-08T08:05:54.333669 application/epub+zip 523268 2025-08-08T08:06:05.753082 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 484836 2025-08-08T08:06:00.480660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467796 2022-09-09T08:10:10.545592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 527265 2025-08-08T08:05:51.944729 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 513557 2006-09-05T14:11:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18755 2025-08-08T08:06:05.884081 application/rdf+xml 12502 2025-08-08T08:05:54.830757 image/jpeg 3043 2025-08-08T08:05:54.587662 image/jpeg 202617 2006-09-05T14:11:22 application/octet-stream application/zip 287164 2025-08-08T08:05:52.399680 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia