Victor Hugo: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Biographies include Andre Maurois, Olympio: The Life of Victor Hugo (1956, reissued 1985; originally published in French, 1954); Joanna Richardson, Victor Hugo (1976); Elliott M. Grant, The Career of Victor Hugo (1945, reprinted 1969); and Graham Robb, Victor Hugo (1997). John Porter Houston, Victor Hugo, rev. ed. (1988), is an introduction, focusing especially on his poetry and its technical aspects. An analysis of Hugo’s romantic drama is found in Charles Affron, A Stage for Poets: Studies in the Theatre of Hugo & Musset (1971). Victor Brombert, Victor Hugo and the Visionary Novel (1984), explores the symbolic and mythological character of Hugo’s works and is illustrated with Hugo’s drawings. Other critical studies include Timothy Raser, The Simplest of Signs: Victor Hugo and the Language of Images in France, 1850–1950 (2004); William VanderWolk, Victor Hugo in Exile (2006); and Mario Vargas Llosa, The Temptation of the Impossible: Victor Hugo and Les Misérables (2007; originally published in Spanish, 2004). John Andrew Frey, A Victor Hugo Encyclopedia (1999), provides a useful overview of Hugo’s life and works.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Utah Shakespeare Festival - Victor Hugo. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guernsey Museums and Galleries - Victor Hugo. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-references and revised for style. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: All Poetry - Victor Marie Hugo. | May 22, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Victor Hugo : The poet, artist and activist. | Jan 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah Shakespeare Festival - Victor Hugo. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biblioth�ques d'Orient - Victor Hugo (1802-1885). | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maison Victor Hugo - Victor Hugo. | Jun 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famouspoetsandpoems.com - Victor Hugo. | Apr 29, 2023 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Jan 07, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah Shakespeare Festival - Victor Hugo. | Apr 02, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Utah Shakespeare Festival - Victor Hugo. | Dec 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Dec 18, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guernsey Museums and Galleries - Victor Hugo. | Mar 07, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 22, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Oct 23, 2017 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Aug 17, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio University - Encyclopedia of 1848 Revolutions - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Feb 12, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Biography of Victor Hugo. | May 25, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Victor Marie, Vicomte Hugo. | Feb 13, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Feb 10, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - The Radio 3 Documentary - Literary Pursuits: Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. | Feb 10, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: Discover France - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Nov 11, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Nov 09, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Mar 04, 2011 | ||
| Caricature of Hugo by Gill (1867) added. | Nov 17, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 13, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Aug 13, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Pegasos - Biography of Victor Hugo. | Jul 06, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 27, 1999 |