Les Chants de Maldoror
1868–1869 French poetic novel by Comte de Lautréamont / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror) is a French poetic novel, or a long prose poem. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont, the nom de plume of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isidore Lucien Ducasse.[1] The work concerns the misanthropic, misotheistic character of Maldoror, a figure of evil who has renounced conventional morality.
Author | Comte de Lautréamont (Isidore Lucien Ducasse) |
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Original title | Les Chants de Maldoror |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
Genre | Poetic novel |
Publisher | Gustave Balitout, Questroy et Cie. (original) |
Publication date | 1868–69 1874 (complete edition, with new cover) |
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OCLC | 457272491 |
Original text | Les Chants de Maldoror at French Wikisource |
Although obscure at the time of its initial publication, Maldoror was rediscovered and championed by the Surrealist artists during the early twentieth century.[2] The work's transgressive, violent, and absurd themes are shared in common with much of Surrealism's output;[3] in particular, Louis Aragon, André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, and Philippe Soupault were influenced by the work.[lower-alpha 1] Maldoror was itself influenced by earlier gothic literature of the period, including Lord Byron's Manfred, and Charles Maturin's Melmoth the Wanderer.[4]