Word: loti
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Brooks' defence of the type of mind indicated by a fair understanding of the word "aesthetic" becomes not so specialized a view as he forecasts. He is as abhorrent of "new culture" as he is severe towards the "coarse mind"; and the "poser" wherever found, whether he reads Pierre Loti to maintain refinement or abstains from drinking milk because he thinks it unmanly, is called, if he be a pretender, "diabolically insincere". In short Mr. Brooks depicts a very decent sort of fellow, who writes, and he asks: "Why shouldn't he write--and as honestly and ambitiously...
CERCLE FRANCAIS LECTURES. VII. "La Bretagne chez les grands ecrivains du XIXieme siecle: Michelet, Flaubert, Taine, Loti," M. Le Braz. Sanders Theatre, 4.30 P. M. Admission by ticket only till 4.25; after that hour open to the public...
February 21--"La Bretagne chez les grans ecrivains du dix-neuvieme siecle: Micheler, Flaubert, Taine, Loti...
...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...
Wednesday, February 21--"La Bretagne chez les grands ecrivains du XIX siecle. Michelet, Flaubert, Taine, Loti...