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Excerpt from Theodore de Banville: 1823-1891 Barbey d'Aurevilly, peu suspect de tendresse pour Theodore de Banville, voyait en lui un des plus remarquables ecrivains du XIXe siecle, et il ne craignait pas d'ajouter que la posterite ratifierait son jugement: Tout le monde sait la place que l'auteur des Cariatides et des Stalactites occupe dans la poesie francaise, et cette place, meme ceux qui ne vibrent pas en accord parfait avec sa poesie, ne la lui contestent pas. Quelle que soit la maniere dont elle doive le juger un jour, l'Histoire litteraire la lui conservera. La prediction ne s'est pas completement realisee pourtant: maints critiques - et non des moindres - ne reconnaissent a Banville que la grace souple et vive d'un clown qui jette bien loin tout bagage importun de pensee ou de sentiment -; ils ne voient dans son uvre que pirouettes de gymnaste etincelant de paillons, dont la preoccupation principale a ete de n'exprimer aucune idee dans ses vers Aussi bien, ne s'est-il pas decerne a lui-meme le titre de poete funambulesque? - Avec raison, ajoute un autre contemporain, les Odes funambulesques et les Occidentales sont peut-etre ce qu'il y a de plus original dans l' uvre de M. de Banville. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
