Fêtes galantes

E358628
book poetry collection

Fêtes galantes is a celebrated poetry collection by Paul Verlaine that evokes the refined, melancholic world of Rococo-era lovers and masquerades.

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Label Occurrences
Antoine Watteau’s depictions of fêtes galantes 1
Fêtes galantes canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Paul Verlaine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
genre Symbolist poetry ⓘ
hasBeenAdaptedAs musical settings ⓘ
song cycles ⓘ
hasBeenAdaptedBy Claude Debussy ⓘ
Reynaldo Hahn ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century French lyric poetry ⓘ
French Symbolist poets ⓘ
hasPart Paul Verlaine's poem "Clair de lune" ⓘ
surface form: poem "Clair de lune"

poem "Colloque sentimental" ⓘ
poem "En sourdine" ⓘ
poem "Fantoches" ⓘ
poem "Les Ingénus" ⓘ
poem "Mandoline" ⓘ
poem "Pantomime" ⓘ
poem cycle ⓘ
imagery costumes ⓘ
gardens ⓘ
masks ⓘ
moonlight ⓘ
music ⓘ
inspiredBy Antoine Watteau ⓘ
Rococo painting ⓘ
language French ⓘ
literaryMovement Decadentism ⓘ
surface form: Decadent movement

Symbolism ⓘ
literaryPeriod French late 19th-century poetry ⓘ
mainTheme Rococo-era lovers ⓘ
eroticism ⓘ
love ⓘ
masquerades ⓘ
melancholy ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ
passing of time ⓘ
publicationPeriod 19th century ⓘ
setting aristocratic gardens ⓘ
idealized Rococo landscapes ⓘ
style delicate imagery ⓘ
elliptical syntax ⓘ
irony ⓘ
musical verse ⓘ
titleAlludesTo fête galante (Rococo social gathering) ⓘ
tone elegiac ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
refined ⓘ

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Paul Verlaine → notableWork → Fêtes galantes ⓘ
The Love Song → associatedWith → Fêtes galantes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antoine Watteau’s depictions of fêtes galantes