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...Doumic's fourth lecture, delivered Tuesday afternoon, was devoted to Alfred de Musset. A translation of the summary of the lecture follows...
...shall examine the essential traits of de Musset's character, then we shall look to the conceptions he had of poetry and of life. We shall see how sorrow made a great poet...
...Musset may be called a great nervous child. All who came into contact with him even in his younger days noticed his mobility and that gaiety of heart which with him always ended in tears. He was a Parisian and the air of Paris is exciting. He was a disciple of Voltaire and of the Eighteenth Century. If he attacked Voltaire most bitterly, it was because he felt Voltaire's spirit within him. He had a taste for the luxuries of life. He was at his ease only in distinguished surroundings. He was mondain...
Cercle Francais. Lectures on French Romanticism. IV. Suite de la Poesie lyrique. Sainte-Beuve. Alfred de Musset. M. Rene Doumic. Sanders Theatre...
...Saturday.Cercle Francais. Lectures on French Romanticism. VI. Suite du Theatre romantique. Antony. Chatterton. Le Theatre d' Alfred de Musset. M. Rene Doumic. Sanders Theatre...