Victor de Laprade

Pierre Martin Victor Richard de Laprade ( born January 13, 1812 in Montbrison, † December 13, 1883 in Lyon) was a French poet.

Life and work

Victor de Laprade studied in Lyon jurisprudence and took the lawyer 's career. As a poet he first made ​​itself known through the held in Lamartine's style Les parfums de Madeleine Poem (1839 ).

This was followed by the seals:

  • La colère de Jésus (1840 ),
  • Psyché (1841, 3rd edition 1860),
  • Odes et Poemes (1844 ),
  • Poemes évangéliques (1853 ),
  • Les symphonies (1855 ) and
  • Idylles héroïques (1858 )

After he was appointed in 1858 a member of the Académie française, he published the following works of prose:

  • Questions d' art et de morale (1861 );
  • Les arbres du Luxembourg (1865 );
  • Le sentiment de la nature avant le christianisme (1866 ) and
  • Prolégomènes (1883 ) and the corresponding font
  • Le sentiment de la nature chez les modern (1867 );
  • L' éducation homicide ( 1867) and
  • L' éducation liberal (1873 ); the excellent seal
  • Pernette (1868 ) and the tragedy
  • Harmodius (1870 );
  • Contre la musique (1880 );
  • Essais de critique idéaliste (1882 );
  • Le livre d'un père (1876 ) and Others

Laparde was considered by his countrymen as the successor of Lamartine. His monotone held seals are characterized by mysticism and idealism. He also made ​​use of the satirical tone, so especially in the Poemes civiques (1873 ) and in the collection of poems Tribune et courtisans (1875 ). A collection of his ŒOuvres poétiques appeared 1878-1881 in 6 volumes.

From 1871 to 1873 Laprade belonged to a member of the right- center of the National Assembly of Versailles.

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