Les Chants de Maldoror
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Les Chants de Maldoror is a dark, surreal prose-poem by Comte de Lautréamont that became a foundational text for Symbolism and later Surrealism.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French-language book
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literary work ⓘ prose poem ⓘ |
| author |
Comte de Lautréamont
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Isidore Ducasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1869 ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
God (as antagonistic figure)
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Mervyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1868 ⓘ |
| form | series of cantos ⓘ |
| genre |
dark romanticism
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prose poetry ⓘ surrealist precursor ⓘ symbolist literature ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
experimental prose
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modernist literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
André Breton
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Antonin Artaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe Soupault NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ Surrealist literature ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Decadent movement
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Symbolism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Maldoror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme and transgressive content
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influence on avant-garde movements ⓘ use of grotesque and fantastical imagery ⓘ |
| numberOfParts | 6 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Les Chants de Maldoror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | 19th-century literature ⓘ |
| publicationStatusAtFirst | little-known ⓘ |
| publisher | Albert Lacroix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rediscoveredBy | Surrealists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | indeterminate, dreamlike spaces ⓘ |
| structure | six cantos of varying length ⓘ |
| style |
hallucinatory description
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ surreal imagery ⓘ |
| theme |
anti-heroism
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blasphemy ⓘ metamorphosis ⓘ nihilism ⓘ sadism ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | The Songs of Maldoror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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