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J-K Huysmans had a job at the ministry of the interior "his working day was short from midday to five-thirty, &his duties were not onerous. Most of his letters appear to have been written at his desk."
The poor man - if only he had had a computer just imagine how chronically overworked he would have been!
— Feb 09, 2021 11:09AM
The poor man - if only he had had a computer just imagine how chronically overworked he would have been!
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Jan-Maat
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"The Goncourts belong to the school of so I Romanticism, Romanticism as disability, whereas their contemporary Zola, personifies Romanticism as energy".
Truely there is a different romanticism for every day of the year
— Feb 09, 2021 09:03AM
Truely there is a different romanticism for every day of the year
Jan-Maat
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Brookner tells us that by using Baudelaire's definition then both Inges and Delacroix can be considered Romantics even though both declared themselves to be working in the classical tradition.
Everyone is a Romantic especially if they deny it. But if everything is Romanticism is the term lacking in specific meaning ?
— Feb 09, 2021 07:33AM
Everyone is a Romantic especially if they deny it. But if everything is Romanticism is the term lacking in specific meaning ?
Jan-Maat
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"It is possible to regard Inbred as a Romantic even in his classical disguise ".
And the secret of this book...everyone is a Romantic if the author wants them to be!
— Feb 09, 2021 07:02AM
And the secret of this book...everyone is a Romantic if the author wants them to be!
Jan-Maat
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Stendhal defined Romanticism in literature as that most likely to please the contemporary public, whereas classicism was what would most likely appeal to its grandparents. Thus the past was dismissed: it was simply irrelevant.
— Feb 09, 2021 12:06AM
Jan-Maat
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Napoleon bequeathed a legacy of aspiration and regret that continued to resonate...perhaps the traces are still perceptible today...heroes are no longer taken on trust, & the inevitable outcome is a disappointment that is both different & strangely familiar.
— Feb 08, 2021 12:52PM
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"Out of many possible definitions, one early one is worth retaining: at one stage Romantic meant anything capable of being described in a novel."
Evidently she and I read different novels as that strikes me as the least helpful definition of Romanticism ever
— Feb 08, 2021 11:58AM
Evidently she and I read different novels as that strikes me as the least helpful definition of Romanticism ever
Jan-Maat
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A Romantic has been roughly defined as anyone who believes that it is better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
— Feb 08, 2021 11:54AM
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MihaElla wrote: "very interesting, such a preferential working schedule at the ministry of the interior, but I am very curious in what manner he was spending his time till midday? oversleeping, late brunch, morning..."I don't know the answers to any of those questions MihaElla! The family also owned a bookbinding business and he had two sisters and an elderly mother, maybe those three kept him occupied in the morning? He was also disgusted by Renaissance Art and by Jews, that also might have taken up much of his time.
Jan-Maat wrote: "MihaElla wrote: "very interesting, such a preferential working schedule at the ministry of the interior, but I am very curious in what manner he was spending his time till midday? oversleeping, lat..."thanks for these pertinent details, Jan-Maat, they might explain this air of mysterious secrecy around this personage, of which I have heard only now (my ignorance); I guess the talks and business part was more important for him than the ladies in the house (I looked at his picture on Wikipedia) and his career was filling up his time consistently
MihaElla wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "MihaElla wrote: "very interesting, such a preferential working schedule at the ministry of the interior, but I am very curious in what manner he was spending his time till midday? ..."I don't know MihaElla, I did not know about him either before reading this essay, somehow I don't imagine the business was that important to him
and, did he write many letters?