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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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 East
surface form: the Orient

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