The Life of Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

• Author(s): Alan William Raitt,
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Pages: 452
• ISBN_10: 0198157711
  ISBN_13: 9780198157717
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / French ,

Description:... Biography of Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, in full Auguste-Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe, comte de (count of) Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, French poet, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work reflects a revolt against naturalism and a combination of Romantic idealism and cruel sensuality. His hatred of the mediocrity of a materialistic age and his compelling personality made a considerable impression on later writers.