Les Chants de Maldoror by comte de Lautréamont
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"Les Chants de Maldoror" by comte de Lautréamont is a poetic novel written and published between 1868 and 1869. The work follows Maldoror, a figure of evil who has rejected conventional morality and humanity itself. Through six cantos of surreal, violent episodes, the narrative explores themes of misanthropy, blasphemy, and the grotesque, often praising animals for their inhumanity. Obscure upon release, it later became a cornerstone of Surrealist literature, influencing artists like
Dalí and Breton with its transgressive vision. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lautréamont, comte de, 1846-1870 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les Chants de Maldoror |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Chants_de_Maldoror |
| Credits |
Produced by Anne Dreze and Marc D'Hooghe HTML version by Chuck Greif |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Metamorphosis -- Religious aspects -- Poetry |
| Subject | Fantasy poetry, French |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 12005 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Last Update | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 915 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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