L’Expiation

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L’Expiation is a major poem by Victor Hugo, included in his collection *Les Châtiments*, that powerfully denounces Napoleon III and reflects on guilt, punishment, and moral reckoning in French history.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
poem ⓘ
addresses French collective memory of Napoleon I ⓘ
relationship between power and justice ⓘ
author Victor Hugo ⓘ
collectionPublication Les Châtiments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes Napoleon III ⓘ
Second French Empire ⓘ
firstPublicationPlaceOfCollection Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
form narrative poem ⓘ
genre lyric poetry ⓘ
political poetry ⓘ
satirical poetry ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality French ⓘ
hasInfluenced French political poetry ⓘ
reception of Napoleon I in French literature ⓘ
includedIn standard editions of Les Châtiments ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryMovement Romanticism ⓘ
mainSubject French history ⓘ
Napoleon I ⓘ
Napoleon III ⓘ
Waterloo ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
moral reckoning ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
meter French alexandrines ⓘ
notableFor moral and religious imagery ⓘ
vehement denunciation of Napoleon III ⓘ
vivid depiction of Waterloo ⓘ
partOf Les Châtiments ⓘ
politicalPosition anti–Napoleon III ⓘ
publicationDate 1853 ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Michel Lévy frères ⓘ
rhymeScheme regular rhymed couplets ⓘ
setInEvent Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
setInPeriod Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
theme collective guilt ⓘ
divine justice ⓘ
downfall of tyrants ⓘ
historical responsibility ⓘ
retribution ⓘ
timeOfContext Second French Empire ⓘ
workIn Les Châtiments ⓘ
writtenDuring Victor Hugo’s exile ⓘ

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Les Châtiments → containsPoem → L’Expiation ⓘ