Alfred de Musset

Les Nuits

Dramatic poems exploring romantic disillusionment and metaphysical anguish

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Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset

French Romantic poet and playwright whose Nights (Les Nuits) are among the most passionate and musical poems in the French language. His autobiography The Confession of a Child of the Century defined Romantic disillusionment.

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