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Poesie.webnet: Les Grands Classiques

For Students 9th - 10th
D'Alphonse Allais a Charles Baudelaire, de Victor Hugo a Pierre Corneille, de Marie Stuart a Gerard de Nerval, tous les plus grands poetes representes par leurs meilleures oeuvres. A search engine for French poetry.
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Website
Other

Villon, Francois : Sa Vie Et Son ?Uvre

For Students 9th - 10th
A thoughtful biography, from well-known German critic, who presents a traditional historical view along with his own insights and probing research.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Clopinel De Meun

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article about the second author of the Romance of the Rose, Jean Clopines de Meun (or Meung). The article focuses on classical and medieval sources. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Charles Baudelaire: Poet of Sickness & Evil

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan is designed to accompany Baudelaire's "The Poet of Sickness and Evil," which provides suggestions for studying the 19th century French poet's work.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Meter (Poetry)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia article that first generally defines meter in poetry and then provides a very detailed discussion. Sections of the article include the following: Technical terms in poetic meter (Disyllables, Trisyllables, Tetrasyllables),...
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Eustache Deschamps

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief Encyclopedia article about Eustache Deschamps, a French poet of the 14th century.
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Handout
Eserver

E Server: Voltaire and Frederick the Great

For Students 9th - 10th
A good article which links together these two major figures. the information on Voltaire is mostly biographical, concentrating on the effects and influence of his work.
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Handout
A&E Television

Biography: Arthur Rimbaud

For Students 9th - 10th
A very brief biography of French symbolish poet Arthur Rimbaud.
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Primary
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Eustache Deschamps

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Bibliomania.com provies the reader with several examples from the original French poetry of Eustache deschamps. Site is worth checking out on the subject, and contains notes to the translation.