Though he wrote more than a century ago, French author Victor
Hugo (1802-1885) continues to capture the imagination of
contemporary readers both in France and around the world. In the
United States, he is best remembered as the author of the novel
"Les Mis DEGREESD'erables" (1862), which has been adapted for the
stage, and of "Notre-Dame-de-Paris" (1831), more commonly known to
Americans as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame." But Hugo was also a
poet and dramatist, a great religious and social thinker, and one
of the most important shapers of French Romanticism. As a poet, he
created new verse forms, explored historical and mythological
themes, and criticized social issues of his time. Through his
drama, he united prose and poetry and examined the politics of
England and Spain. In all of his works, he discussed such
theological and social issues as the problem of evil, the nature of
war and peace, and the problems of capital punishment.
The volume begins with a short biography that places Hugo within
the context of 19th-century France. The biography tells of his
early years during which he began to form his religious and
political views, his maturation as a writer and thinker during the
1830s, and his political exile, during which he wrote some of his
finest poetry. The alphabetically arranged entries that follow
discuss his works, characters, themes, and ideas, as well as
historical persons and places that figured prominently in his life
and writings. Many of the entries cite sources of additional
information, and the volume closes with a selected, general
bibliography.
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