Mémoires d’outre-tombe

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Mémoires d’outre-tombe is a monumental 19th-century autobiographical work by François-René de Chateaubriand that blends personal memoir, historical reflection, and literary meditation on his life and times.

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Mémoires d’outre-tombe canonical 2

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instanceOf autobiographical work ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author François-René de Chateaubriand ⓘ
centuryOfComposition 19th century ⓘ
contains reflections on major historical events of late 18th and early 19th centuries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
genre autobiography ⓘ
historical reflection ⓘ
literary meditation ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
hasTheme exile ⓘ
memory ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
the passage of time ⓘ
influenced French autobiographical writing ⓘ
Romantic literature ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
literarySignificance considered a key text of French Romanticism ⓘ
considered a major work of French literature ⓘ
mainSubject French Revolution ⓘ
French history ⓘ
Napoleonic era ⓘ
Restoration France ⓘ
life of François-René de Chateaubriand ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor blend of personal memoir and historical narrative ⓘ
lyrical and reflective style ⓘ
political and religious commentary ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
setting Brittany ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Paris ⓘ
various European courts ⓘ
structure multi-volume work ⓘ
style ornate prose ⓘ
rhetorical and meditative tone ⓘ
timeSpanCovered from Chateaubriand’s childhood to his later political life ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
titleTranslation Memoirs from Beyond the Grave ⓘ
workPeriod French Romantic period ⓘ

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François-René de Chateaubriand → notableWork → Mémoires d’outre-tombe ⓘ
Itinéraire de Paris à Jérusalem → relatedWorkByAuthor → Mémoires d’outre-tombe ⓘ