Paul Bourget

A Tragic Idyl. Paul Bourget

Publisher Marketing: Title: A Tragic Idyl. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Bourget, Paul; Bourget, Paul; 1896. v, 452 p.; 8 . 012626.g.45. Contributor Bio:  Bourget, Paul Tour a tour poete, romancier et critique, Paul Bourget influence de facon durable les lettres francaises au lendemain de l'ere naturaliste. Il publie trois recueils de vers entre 1875 et 1882. Un an plus tard, ses "Essais de psychologie contemporaine", dans lesquels il se livre a une analyse fouillee des ecrivains qui le subjuguent (Renan, Baudelaire, Flaubert, Stendhal) font de lui un pilier de la critique litteraire. Puis il choisit d'ecrire des romans. Avec "Cruelle Enigme" (1885), "Andre Cornelis" (1887), et surtout "Le Disciple, "(1888), il devient maitre du roman psychologique. Son retour au catholicisme au debut du XXeme siecle donne une nouvelle orientation a ses ecrits, qui se teintent de moralisme.