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Website
Other

Site Officiel De Guillaume Apollinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
Official web site of Guillaume Apollinaire. It features everything you need to know about the poet and playwright.
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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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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1952

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from The Nobel Foundation features a comprehensive presentation of Mauriac, including biography, photo, and speeches.
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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
Other

Club De Poesie: Aragon

For Students 9th - 10th
Site dedicated to Louis Aragon. Includes a biography, photos, excerpts of his work, and links.
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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
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Jean De La Fontaine

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers brief biographical information on French poet, Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695 CE). Includes image and some works.
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Website
Other

Art Bin: Good Morning, My Name Is Guillaume Appollinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
Site features a detailed biography of the Polish-born poet who lived a life of wild partyingand even wilder poetry in early twentieth-century Paris.
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Website
Other

Club De Poesie: Paul Claudel

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief biography of Paul Claudel.
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Handout
New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Francois Malherbe (1555 1628)

For Students 9th - 10th
The New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia provides biographical information on 16th century French poet, Francois Malherbe. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of...
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Activity
Other

Homage to Jacques Prevert

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the poetry of Jacques Prevert. The site is sorted into categories and is accessible in English or French. Jacques Prevert strongly influenced Paris artists and the surrealist movement.