Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe
Autobiography of François-René de Chateaubriand / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe (English: Memoirs from Beyond the Grave) is the memoir of François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), collected and published posthumously in two volumes in 1849 and 1850, respectively. Chateaubriand, a writer, politician, diplomat and historian, remains widely regarded as the founder of French Romanticism.
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Author | François-René de Chateaubriand |
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Original title | Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Published | 1849 (Vol. 1) 1850 (Vol. 2) |
Media type | |
OCLC | 829269852 |
LC Class | DC255.C4 A4 1849 |
Although the work shares characteristics with earlier French "memoirs" (like the Memoirs of Saint-Simon), the Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe are also inspired by the Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: in addition to providing a record of political and historical events, Chateaubriand includes details of his private life and his personal aspirations.
The work abounds in instances of the poetic prose at which Chateaubriand excelled. On the other hand, the melancholy of the autobiography helped establish Chateaubriand as the idol of the young French Romantics; a young Victor Hugo wrote: "I will be Chateaubriand or nothing."