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Poesie.webnet: Les Grands Classiques
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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Villon, Francois : Sa Vie Et Son ?Uvre
A thoughtful biography, from well-known German critic, who presents a traditional historical view along with his own insights and probing research.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Jean Clopinel De Meun
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...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Charles Baudelaire: Poet of Sickness & Evil
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.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Meter (Poetry)
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),...
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Eustache Deschamps
A brief Encyclopedia article about Eustache Deschamps, a French poet of the 14th century.
Eserver
E Server: Voltaire and Frederick the Great
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.
A&E Television
Biography: Arthur Rimbaud
A very brief biography of French symbolish poet Arthur Rimbaud.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Eustache Deschamps
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.