Theophile: 53 books

This collection includes: Captain Fracasse (1863), Clarimonde (1836), Egypt (1869), King Candaules (1844), The Mummy's Foot 1840), and The Romance of a Mummy 1857). According to Wikipedia: "Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist,...

This collection includes: Comédie de la mort (1838), Mademoiselle de Maupin (1835), Ménagerie intime (1869), and Sacountala, a ballet (1858). According to Wikipedia: "Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (August 30, 1811 October 23, 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary...

Theophile Gautier's masterpiece "Mademoiselle de Maupin" might be better known for its lengthy preface than the actual novel itself. It is there in which the author discusses art for art's sake, arguing that "everything useful is ugly." The novel itself is a historical romance based on the life of French...

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French writer Theophile Gautier dabbled in virtually every literary genre imaginable over the course of his varied career. In this thought-provoking and finely wrought collection of autobiographical essays, Gautier offers some fascinating nuggets about his lifestyle, friends and -- most notably -- his relationship to animals, particularly dogs and horses.

Take a trip into the distant past in this classic work of historical fiction from French writer and thinker Theophile Gautier. This novelized account of the life of the ancient ruler plays up the action -- and the despot's rather unusual romantic proclivities.

Essay from the year 2005 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,8, University of Siegen (Anglistik/ Amerikanistik Institut), course: English Literature, language: English, abstract: In the history of the world with the classical political system from the Greek and Roman civilisations...

Forget the wan creatures who populate the Twilight universe -- Theophile Gautier's gripping Clarimonde is the gold standard of vampire romances. Even the most jaded of modern-readers will be drawn in by this deeply affecting tale of star-crossed lovers from markedly different realms.

A creative innovator who boldly traversed traditional boundaries separating different genres and schools, French poet Theophile Gautier was extremely influential, playing a role in shaping the styles of poets from T. S. Elliot to Ezra Pound. In this, his most acclaimed collection of verse, Gautier offers his philosophical ponderings and lyrical musings.

Plunge into the distant past with this creepy tale from renowned gothic horror master Theophile Gautier. A man whiling away a pleasant afternoon browsing in the antique shops of Paris stumbles across a curious relic -- and is soon enmeshed in an adventure he never thought possible. Will he make it back alive? Read "The Mummy's Foot" to find out.

Extrait : Émile Bergerat, gendre de Théophile Gautier, dans son curieux livre si documenté : « Théophile Gautier, Entretiens, Souvenirs et Correspondance — 1879, Charpentier » s’exprime en ces termes, dans une note à la suite de la lettre I, à Eugène, de Nully, 1835 : « Quant au ton...

Extrait : Cléopâtre n’était pas très belle. Elle ne l’emportait ni en beauté ni en jeunesse sur cette chaste Octavie à qui elle prit Antoine pour la vie et la mort. « Sa beauté, dit Amyot, qui traduit Plutarque agréablement, sa beauté seule n’étoit point si incomparable qu’il n’y...

The Mummy's Foot is a gothic tale, published in French as "Le Pied de Momie." It relates the adventures of a man who buys the 3,000 year old foot of Princess Hermonthis in a Parisian curio shop. Gautier has a fascination with Ancient Egypt as well as an obsession with mortality, decay, and...

From that night my nature seemed to have become halved -- and there were two men within me, neither of whom knew the other. At one moment I believed myself a priest who dreamed nightly that he was a gentleman -- at another, that I was a gentleman who dreamed he was a priest. I could no longer distinguish...