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Ponge, Francis

(Encyclopedia) Ponge, FrancisPonge, FrancisfräNsēsˈ pôNzh [key], 1899–1988, French essayist and poet. A controversial figure, he was opposed to emotional and symbolic poetic methods. His method was…

Simon, Claude Eugène Henri

(Encyclopedia) Simon, Claude Eugène Henri, 1913–2005, French novelist. He was born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, and studied at Paris, Oxford, and Cambridge. He fought in World War II both as a…

Jean-Luc Godard

Jean-Luc Godard was a French movie critic who became one of the major filmmakers of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) cinema, a movement that stressed experimental techniques and film as art in the 1950s…

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de

(Encyclopedia) Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier deFontenelle, Bernard le Bovier debĕrnärˈ lə bōvyāˈ də fôNtənĕl [key], 1657–1757, French writer; nephew of Corneille. His forte was the interpretation of…

Pisan, Christine de

(Encyclopedia) Pisan, Christine dePisan, Christine dekrēstēnˈ də pēzäNˈ [key], 1364–c.1430, French poet, of Italian descent. She wrote many verse romances and works in prose, as well as the lyric…

Noailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse de

(Encyclopedia) Noailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse deNoailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse deänäˈ ālēzäbĕtˈ də bräNkôväNˈ kôNtĕsˈ [key]Noailles, Anna Élisabeth de Brancovan,…

Le Bon, Gustave

(Encyclopedia) Le Bon, GustaveLe Bon, Gustavegüstävˈ lə bôN [key], 1841–1931, French psychologist and sociologist. He was the author of a number of works on social psychology, in which he expounded…

Le Vau, Louis

(Encyclopedia) Le Vau, LouisLe Vau, Louislwē lə vō [key], 1612–70, French architect, involved in most of the important building projects for Louis XIV. He settled on the Île Saint-Louis, where he…

Poems: Dans le Restaurant

by T. S. Eliot The HippopotamusWhispers of ImmortalityDans le Restaurant Le garcon délabré qui n'a rien à faire Que de se gratter les doigts et se pencher sur mon épaule: "Dans mon pays…

Poem: Dans le Restaurant

Poem 8 Poem 10 Dans le Restaurant Le garcon délabré qui n'a rien í  faire Que de se gratter les doigts et se pencher sur mon épaule: "Dans mon pays il fera temps pluvieux, Du vent, du…