Word: chateaubriands
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...land of Brittany. Commencing with a description of Brittary and the bretons the course will discuss the relation of the breton genius to that of other Celtic peoples the breton literature Brittany's part in French history; and the influence which Brittany has exerted over such famous writers as Chateaubriand, Renan, Michelet, Flaubert, Taine, and Loti, concluding with an estimate of the Celtic Renaissance on French literature...
...French Revolution, M. Leroy-Beaulieu said, brought on by its excesses a reaction against the ideas of the eighteenth century, and among other things reawakened the old religious sentiment. The reaction showed itself with Chateaubriand in the domain of poetry and art, and with Joseph de Maistre in the realm of philosophy and politics...
Last year, Mrs. Atkinson presented the Union with her son's valuable library of old French books, including rare editions of Condillac and Chateaubriand...
During the present year there have been added, besides numerous recent books, the works of Marryat, Henry Kingsley, George Meredith, Goldsmith, Edward Everett Hale, Hood, Lever, Gaborian, Burke, Chateaubriand, Cowper, Raleigh, Christopher North, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Stirling Maxwell, Besant, DeFoe, and Balzac...
These writers, expressing themselves in prose form, chose themes of an essentially poetic nature. The leader and best example of this school was Chateaubriand. Although his writings treat of historical or philosophical subjects, they indicate a poetic cast of mind. In common with Beaudelaire, he gave expression to all his hopes, sympathies and ideas in a manner which reveals the true poet...