René Doumic
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René Doumic French
critic
and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teach rhetoric
at the College Stanislas.
He was a contributor to the Moniteur, the Journal des Débats and the Revue bleue, but was best known as the independent and uncompromising literary critic of the Revue des Deux Mondes
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His works include:
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
critic
Critic
A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
and man of letters, was born in Paris, and after a distinguished career at the École Normale began to teach rhetoric
Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the facility of speakers or writers who attempt to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations. As a subject of formal study and a productive civic practice, rhetoric has played a central role in the Western...
at the College Stanislas.
He was a contributor to the Moniteur, the Journal des Débats and the Revue bleue, but was best known as the independent and uncompromising literary critic of the Revue des Deux Mondes
Revue des deux mondes
The Revue des deux Mondes is a French language monthly literary and cultural affairs magazine that has been published in Paris since 1829....
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His works include:
- Éléments d'histoire littéraire (1888)
- Portraits d'écrivains (1892)
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à IbsenHenrik IbsenHenrik Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of prose drama" and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre...
(1893) - Écrivains d'aujourd'hui (1894)
- Études sur la littérature française (5 vols., 1896-1905)
- Les Jeunes (1896)
- Essais sur le théâtre contemporain (1897)
- Les Hommes et les idées du XIXe siècle (1903)
- an edition of the Lettres d'Elvire à LamartineAlphonse de LamartineAlphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine was a French writer, poet and politician who was instrumental in the foundation of the Second Republic.-Career:...
(1905).