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What does /lit/ think of Theophile Gautier?

>> No.18202960

>>18202948
Severely underrated. I like his stories and his poetry. Haven't read his novels and all the rest. Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal is dedicated to Gautier the same way Eliot's The Waste Land is dedicated to Pound.

>> No.18203079

More like Pedophile Gay-tier!

>> No.18203090

>>18203079
retard

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>>18203079
I'll admit that I chuckled.

>> No.18203858

>>18202960
This. If French poetry in the 19th century wasn't so strong Gautier would probably be remembered more often for the giant of poetry that he is.

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I read Émaux et Camées, as well as Albertus. He is undoubtedly great, though I found his aesthetic theory a bit dull in practice. Each poem is like a piece of jewelry. Beautiful, but not very thought-provoking. When he wants to be thought-provoking however, he is amazing. Albertus is an example of that, even if it is satirical. I should read some of his prose at some point. What I respect about him is his strict technicality. He was unmatched at the time as a purely technical poet.

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>>18202948
Looks like time traveler RMS

>> No.18204007

>>18202948
soul
>>18203992
soulless

>> No.18204808

>>18202948
read La Morte amoureuse and Emaux et Camées recently and really liked them. even though it's the point and all the charm of his writing, i feel like he polishes his form too much, at the expense of his subjects. it's like i'm looking at a painting each and every line which is a good thing in itself. la morte amoureuse is an amazing and beautiful metaphor of the romantic's internal duality still, one of my favourite pieces of the period