Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
There are few works on Vigny in English. Arnold Whitridge, Alfred de Vigny (1933, reprinted 1971); and James Doolittle, Alfred de Vigny (1967), are devoted entirely to his life and work. Three broader works set his writing in a larger context: David Owen Evans, Social Romanticism in France, 1830–1848 (1951, reprinted 1969); Robert T. Denomme, Nineteenth-Century French Romantic Poets (1969); and Lawrence M. Porter, The Renaissance of the Lyric in French Romanticism: Elegy, “Poéme,” and Ode (1978).
Major Works
Poetry.
Poèmes (1822), including “La Fille de Jephté”; “Éloa, ou la soeur des anges” (1824); Poèmes antiques et modernes (1826), including “Éloa,” “Le Déluge,” “La Neige,” “Moïse,” and “Le Cor”; “Madame de Soubise” and “La Frégate ‘La Sérieuse’ ” (included in the 1829 revised edition of Poèmes); “Paris” (1831) and “Les Amants de Montmorency” (1832), both included in the 1837 revised edition of Poèmes antiques et modernes; “La Mort du loup” (1843); “La Maison du Berger” (1844); “Le Mont des Oliviers” (1844); and “La Colère de Samson” (1864), all included in Les Destinées (1864).
Plays.
La Maréchale d’Ancre (1831); Quitte pour la peur (1833); Chatterton (1835).
Novels.
Cinq-Mars (1826; Cinq-Mars; or, A Conspiracy Under Louis XIII, 1847); Stello (1832); Daphné (1912, published posthumously).
Other works.
Servitude et grandeur militaires (1835; The Military Necessity, 1953), short stories; Le Journal d’un poète (1867).
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- Paul Viallaneix
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllPoetry - Biography of Comte Alfred Victor de Vigny. | Feb 06, 2020 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Alfred de Vigny. | Mar 31, 2016 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |