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Also Known As Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros
Born October 1, 1842 • France
Died August 10, 1888 (aged 45) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Études sur les moyens de communication avec les planètes”
Movement / Style Symbolism
Subjects Of Study colour photography
Rimbaud, detail from “Un Coin de table,” oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris
Arthur Rimbaud
French poet
André Gide, oil painting by P.A. Laurens, 1924; in the National Museum of Modern Art, Paris.
André Gide
French writer
Paul Verlaine, detail from Un Coin de table, oil painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, 1872; in the Louvre, Paris.
Paul Verlaine
French poet
Stéphane Mallarmé, 1891.
Stéphane Mallarmé
French poet
Claudel
Paul Claudel
French author
Jules Laforgue
Jules Laforgue
French poet
Jean Moréas.
Jean Moréas
French poet
Francis Viélé-Griffin
French poet
Henri de Régnier
Henri de Régnier
French poet
Léon-Paul Fargue
French poet and essayist
Gustave Kahn, oil painting by Roger Casse, 1931; in a private collection
Gustave Kahn
French poet
Fort, Paul
Paul Fort
French poet
Émile Verhaeren, drawing by Lucien Wolles, c. 1900; in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Émile Verhaeren
Belgian poet
Max Elskamp
Belgian poet
Georges Rodenbach
Belgian poet
Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
French author
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French writer
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Pierre Corneille
French poet and dramatist

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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
Poetry: First Lines
4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry
A Study of Poetry