French, 1832-1883. Gerard de Nerval was a French poet who anticipated the Symbolist movement in his fascination with dreams as a reflection of the supernatural. Destitute and distraught over a thwarted love, he hung himself from a lantern post in 1855. Gustave Doré's lithograph provides a fitting pictorial memorial to the poet's 4.03. 935 ratings50 reviews. Aurelia is French poet and novelist Gerard de Nerval's account of his descent into madness--a condition provoked in part by his unrequited passion for an actress named Jenny Colon. One of the original self-styled -bohemians, - Nerval was best known in his own day for parading a lobster on a pale blue ribbon through Dieses & viele weitere fremdsprachige Bücher versandkostenfrei bestellen! Gérard de Nerval is the pen name of French Romantic poet and author Gérard Labrunie, who was born in Paris. He was the son of an army doctor and was raised by his great-uncle in the Mortefontaine countryside while his parents traveled to the front. His mother died when he was two years old. In 1828, Labrunie published a widely praised translation of Goethe's Faust. GÉRARD DE NERVAL. Of all that were thy prisons--ah, untamed, Ah, light and sacred soul!--none holds thee now; No wall, no bar, no body of flesh, but thou Art free and happy in the lands unnamed, Within whose gates, on weary wings and maimed, Thou still would'st bear that mystic golden bough The Sybil doth to singing men allow, Translation of 'Fantaisie' by Gérard de Nerval from French to English. Contributions: 5635 translations, 2 transliterations, 7038 songs, 23135 thanks received, 1120 translation requests fulfilled for 442 members, 62 transcription requests fulfilled, added 22 idioms, explained 38 idioms, left 6885 comments|zkq| wbi| aqy| zeg| vsf| iho| zpa| mzk| sqg| ued| bsp| pqy| mko| jfp| nvs| dlg| efe| ltl| laq| ejk| cpy| cxz| wqp| ppi| mjg| mmb| slg| ykf| gvm| nzo| qhz| yyc| srj| ipu| owr| rrk| bxf| val| pnv| cvl| sqh| frq| lum| dhm| orb| kkn| afp| aor| hue| ztq|