The melancholic influence of English pre-Romantic poets in France

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Soledad DÍAZ ALARCÓN

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The present paper highlights the relevance of the epistle and the "héroïde" in French literature during the 18th Century, this is largely due to the influence of notable English poets such as Alexander Pope, who knew to exalt this drama using key elements like melancholy and lyricism with real skill and taking the legendary story of Eloise and Abelard as a topic for his poetic composition. The translation into the French language was done by authors such as Aimé Ambroise Joseph Feutry, a great expert of the 18th Century English literature and Charles Pierre Colardeau, who created the word “héroïde”. In this paper we analyse the French translations and contribute with our translation into Spanish.

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DÍAZ ALARCÓN, S. (2010). The melancholic influence of English pre-Romantic poets in France. Hikma, 9, 25–53. https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v9i.5267
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