Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot by Bertrand
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"Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot" by Bertrand is a collection of prose poems published posthumously in 1842. This pioneering work presents sixty-six dark, atmospheric tableaux blending romantic and gothic elements with painterly technique. Drawing inspiration from Rembrandt and Callot, Bertrand conjures a fantastical medieval world populated by gnomes, sylphs, demons, and the recurring figure of Scarbo, a menacing dwarf. These strange visions influenced later
Symbolist and Surrealist poets, and inspired Maurice Ravel's celebrated piano suite. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Bertrand, Aloysius, 1807-1841 |
|---|---|
| Title | Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard_de_la_Nuit_(poetry_collection) Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard_de_la_nuit |
| Credits | Produced by Marc D'Hooghe. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | French poetry -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 17708 |
| Release Date | Feb 7, 2006 |
| Last Update | Dec 13, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 573 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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