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Which French authors did Hippolyte Taine analyze in Nouveaux essais de critique et dâhistoire?
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Hippolyte Taine
Taine, portrait by LĂ©on Bonnat, 1889
In his 1865 work Nouveaux essais de critique et dâhistoire ("New Essays of Criticism and History"), Hippolyte Taine included perceptive articles analyzing the following French authors:
- Racine
- Balzac
- Stendhal1
Additionally, the collection features an essay on the Roman emperor and philosopher Marcus Aurelius.1