Les Villes tentaculaires, précédées des Campagnes hallucinées by Emile Verhaeren
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"Les Villes tentaculaires, précédées des Campagnes hallucinées" by Émile Verhaeren is a collection of poems published between 1893-1895. This diptych explores the violent transformation of the world during the Industrial Revolution, capturing the clash between city and countryside. The tentacular cities devour the hallucinated countryside, draining villages of their populations. Through stark, intense verse, Verhaeren transforms the pain of modern urbanization into a panoramic vision of humanity caught between tradition and industrial
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| Author | Verhaeren, Emile, 1855-1916 |
|---|---|
| Title | Les Villes tentaculaires, précédées des Campagnes hallucinées |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Villes_tentaculaires Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Villes_tentaculaires |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Marc D'Hooghe (www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (archive.org/details/toronto) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Belgian poetry (French) |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 45590 |
| Release Date | May 5, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 406 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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