Les Contemplations

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Les Contemplations is a major 1856 poetry collection by Victor Hugo that reflects on memory, love, loss, and spiritual meditation, often seen as one of his greatest lyrical works.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Victor Hugo ⓘ
authorResidenceDuringPublication exile in Guernsey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
dedicatedTo Léopoldine Hugo ⓘ
followedBy La Légende des siècles ⓘ
follows Les Châtiments ⓘ
genre Romantic poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn French Romantic literature ⓘ
French lyric poetry ⓘ
hasMotto “Les rayons et les ombres” (implicit theme of light and shadow) ⓘ
hasPart Au bord de l’infini ⓘ
Aurore ⓘ
En marche ⓘ
Les Luttes et les rêves ⓘ
L’Âme en fleur ⓘ
Pauca meae ⓘ
inspiredByEvent death of Léopoldine Hugo ⓘ
literaryForm verse ⓘ
literarySignificance considered one of Victor Hugo’s greatest lyrical works ⓘ
mainTheme death ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mourning ⓘ
spiritual meditation ⓘ
time ⓘ
movement Romanticism ⓘ
notablePoem Demain, dès l’aube ⓘ
Elle avait pris ce pli ⓘ
Oh! je fus comme fou ⓘ
numberOfBooks 6 ⓘ
numberOfPoems 158 ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
periodOfComposition 1830–1855 ⓘ
publicationDate 1856 ⓘ
publisher Pagnerre ⓘ
setting 19th-century France ⓘ
structureCharacteristic autobiographical ⓘ
retrospective ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
timeSpanCoveredInContent about thirty years of Victor Hugo’s life ⓘ

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linked to: Les Contemplations
Victor Hugo → inspiredWork → Les Contemplations ⓘ
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