Les Orientales

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Les Orientales is a collection of romantic and exotic-themed poems by Victor Hugo, first published in 1829 and inspired by the Greek War of Independence and the allure of the East.

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Les Orientales canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Victor Hugo ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 19th century ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
followedBy Les Feuilles d’automne ⓘ
genre Romantic poetry ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
hasPoemSetIn Greece ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
historicalContext rise of philhellenism in Europe ⓘ
inspiredBy Greek War of Independence ⓘ
Orientalism ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance early major work of Victor Hugo’s poetic career ⓘ
mainTheme exoticism ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
the Orient ⓘ
linked to: the East

war ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notablePoem Adieux de l’hôtesse arabe ⓘ
La Captive ⓘ
La Douleur du pacha ⓘ
Les Djinns ⓘ
Navarin ⓘ
Sara la baigneuse ⓘ
numberOfPoems 41 ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
periodOfComposition 1820s ⓘ
placeOfPublication Paris ⓘ
precededBy Odes et ballades ⓘ
publicationDate 1829 ⓘ
publisher Eugène Renduel NERFINISHED ⓘ
styleCharacteristic experimentation with stanza forms ⓘ
musicality of verse ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
subjectMatter battles of the Greek War of Independence ⓘ
figures of warriors and captives ⓘ
romanticized Eastern landscapes ⓘ

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Victor Hugo → notableWork → Les Orientales ⓘ
Les Djinns → firstPublishedIn → Les Orientales ⓘ
Les Djinns → partOf → Les Orientales ⓘ
Sara la baigneuse → partOf → Les Orientales ⓘ
Sara la baigneuse → literaryCollection → Les Orientales ⓘ
La Captive → collection → Les Orientales ⓘ
La Douleur du pacha → collection → Les Orientales ⓘ
Les Feuilles d’automne → follows → Les Orientales ⓘ