ISBN: 9781458824257

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not ill… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PIERRE DUPONT. (feom The Mokning Chronicle, Mat 1851.) An imprudent and (it is to be hoped) abortive attempt has recently been made in France to frighten the higher classes and the bourgeoisie into a belief that the Jacquerie of the fourteenth century will be renewed, unless every manifestation of popular feeling is instantly suppressed by force. Our only hope is in bayonets and grape-shot--Vartillerie contre Pimprimerie exclaims M. Romieu, the author of the Spectre Rouge, in which every topic or argument that can excite alarm, or provoke recrimination, has been unsparingly employed. The ghost has been pretty effectually laid for some time to come by a temperate, well-reasoned, and high-toned article from the pen of M. Lamartine, in a recent number of Le Pays. But if any of our readers have been led to suppose that the French peasantry have retrograded in civilisation, or are at all likely to repeat in 1852 the atrocities of 1358, we recommend them to procure, and study attentively, a little volume entitled Muse Populaire--Pierre Dupont--Chants et Poesies. These Chants et Poesies are now selling by hundreds of thousands amongst the French workpeople, particularly in the rural districts. Dupont''s popularity with the lower order of his countrymen undoubtedly exceeds that of BeVanger in the full height and freshness of his fame. Why is this? Is the younger poet rougher, coarser, less refined? Does he address himself more directly to their passions and prejudices? Does he deal more in local and ephemeral feelings and associations? Is he more essentially or conventionally French? Does he flatter their national vanity more adroitly? The reverse of all this is the fact. Dupont (though inferior in wit) deals more in general nature than his distinguished... Abraham Hayward, Books, History, Biographical And Critical Essays (volume 1) Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Published by: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts in 1858 in 442 pages; Subjects: Great Britain; Biography & Autobiography / General; Cooking / General; History / General; History / Europe / Great Britain; Literary Collections / American / General; Literary Collections / Essays; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9781458824257

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not ill… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos or missing text. Not indexed. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... PIERRE DUPONT. (feom The Mokning Chronicle, Mat 1851.) An imprudent and (it is to be hoped) abortive attempt has recently been made in France to frighten the higher classes and the bourgeoisie into a belief that the Jacquerie of the fourteenth century will be renewed, unless every manifestation of popular feeling is instantly suppressed by force. Our only hope is in bayonets and grape-shot--Vartillerie contre Pimprimerie exclaims M. Romieu, the author of the Spectre Rouge, in which every topic or argument that can excite alarm, or provoke recrimination, has been unsparingly employed. The ghost has been pretty effectually laid for some time to come by a temperate, well-reasoned, and high-toned article from the pen of M. Lamartine, in a recent number of Le Pays. But if any of our readers have been led to suppose that the French peasantry have retrograded in civilisation, or are at all likely to repeat in 1852 the atrocities of 1358, we recommend them to procure, and study attentively, a little volume entitled Muse Populaire--Pierre Dupont--Chants et Poesies. These Chants et Poesies are now selling by hundreds of thousands amongst the French workpeople, particularly in the rural districts. Dupont''s popularity with the lower order of his countrymen undoubtedly exceeds that of BeVanger in the full height and freshness of his fame. Why is this? Is the younger poet rougher, coarser, less refined? Does he address himself more directly to their passions and prejudices? Does he deal more in local and ephemeral feelings and associations? Is he more essentially or conventionally French? Does he flatter their national vanity more adroitly? The reverse of all this is the fact. Dupont (though inferior in wit) deals more in general nature than his distinguished... Abraham Hayward, Books, History, Biographical And Critical Essays (volume 1) Books>History, General Books LLC<