(Manuscript) – (Alexandre Dumas, Jr.). Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and the...
(Manuscript) – (Alexandre Dumas, Jr.). Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and the New Writers.
86 ff., in-4, mounted on tabs and bound in a single volume in red half-maroquin (Carayon binding), with a cloth slipcase.
After the death of Dumas, the Younger, on November 27, 1895, the press unanimously hailed the immense loss to literature caused by the passing of this “great writer.” Le Mercure de France then launched a survey among young writers to determine whether the press’s beautiful unanimity would also be shared by the younger generation of writers. Eighty-one responses were received by the newspaper, and this volume collects the autograph letters.
Among the signatories are Paul Adam - Henry Bataille, for whom *The Lady of the Camellias* was the favorite daughter of the 19th century, just as *Manon* had been that of the 17th – Tristan Bernard – Paterne Berrichon: “The language of a milliner, the sales pitch of a wigmaker, the wit of a traveling sales clerk” – Léon Bloy: “The younger Dumas was a FOOL and a HYPOCRITE” – Jules Bois – Judith Cladel, who admits to not having read a single line of it – Édouard Dujardin – Remy de Gourmont: “Mr. Alexandre Dumas, the younger, was a very intelligent, very patient, very determined, and very witty man. He would have succeeded in any career, any position, or any trade; nothing in his nature predestined him for literature.” – Francis Jammes – Tristan Klingsor – Pierre Louÿs: “The finest playwright France has had since Racine”—Maurice Maeterlinck—Stuart Merrill—Rachilde—Hugues Rebell—Henri de Régnier—Jules Renard—Saint-Pol-Roux—Albert Salmain—Emmanuel Signoret—Jean de Tinan: “As a writer, I can only offer a three-line review by stating that every summer I look forward to the pleasure of rereading some of his volumes.”
The survey was published on January 3, 1896; Remy de Gourmont was tasked with summarizing the general opinion, which was that Dumas Fils was not a great writer.
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(Manuscript) – (Alexandre Dumas, Jr.). Alexandre Dumas, Jr., and the New Writers.
86 ff., in-4, mounted on tabs and bound in a single volume in red half-maroquin (Carayon binding), with a cloth slipcase.
After the death of Dumas, the Younger, on November 27, 1895, the press unanimously hailed the immense loss to literature caused by the passing of this “great writer.” Le Mercure de France then launched a survey among young writers to determine whether the press’s beautiful unanimity would also be shared by the younger generation of writers. Eighty-one responses were received by the newspaper, and this volume collects the autograph letters.
Among the signatories are Paul Adam - Henry Bataille, for whom *The Lady of the Camellias* was the favorite daughter of the 19th century, just as *Manon* had been that of the 17th – Tristan Bernard – Paterne Berrichon: “The language of a milliner, the sales pitch of a wigmaker, the wit of a traveling sales clerk” – Léon Bloy: “The younger Dumas was a FOOL and a HYPOCRITE” – Jules Bois – Judith Cladel, who admits to not having read a single line of it – Édouard Dujardin – Remy de Gourmont: “Mr. Alexandre Dumas, the younger, was a very intelligent, very patient, very determined, and very witty man. He would have succeeded in any career, any position, or any trade; nothing in his nature predestined him for literature.” – Francis Jammes – Tristan Klingsor – Pierre Louÿs: “The finest playwright France has had since Racine”—Maurice Maeterlinck—Stuart Merrill—Rachilde—Hugues Rebell—Henri de Régnier—Jules Renard—Saint-Pol-Roux—Albert Salmain—Emmanuel Signoret—Jean de Tinan: “As a writer, I can only offer a three-line review by stating that every summer I look forward to the pleasure of rereading some of his volumes.”
The survey was published on January 3, 1896; Remy de Gourmont was tasked with summarizing the general opinion, which was that Dumas Fils was not a great writer.
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