Timeline
Lifetime:
1818 -
1894
Passed: ≈
130 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle
Books by Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle
Poèmes et Poésies
Poetry
Philosophy
Mythology
Death
Tragedy
Nature
Symbolism
Poetry
French Literature
Despair
Pessimism
Melancholy
Fatalism
Orient
Exoticism
This collection of poems by Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle, a prominent figure of the Parnassian movement, explores themes of pessimism, fatalism, and the vastness of the universe. Influenced by his upbringing in Réunion, Leconte de Lisle uses v...