Les Yeux d’Elsa
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Les Yeux d’Elsa is a celebrated poetry collection by Louis Aragon that blends love lyricism with reflections on war and resistance in 1940s France.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Les Yeux d’Elsa canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Elsa Triolet
NERFINISHED
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Louis Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | French Communist intellectual milieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Louis Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork | poem "Les Yeux d’Elsa" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| criticalReception | celebrated as a major work of French poetry ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Elsa Triolet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | poetry ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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resistance poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
French resistance literary canon
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postwar French love poetry ⓘ |
| hasMotive |
hope in times of war
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idealized feminine figure ⓘ resistance to oppression ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
committed literature
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imagistic ⓘ lyrical ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
German occupation of France
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
political engagement of Louis Aragon
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surrealist imagery ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | relationship between Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
French Resistance literature
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Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Elsa Triolet
NERFINISHED
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French Resistance NERFINISHED ⓘ love ⓘ war ⓘ |
| notableFor |
celebration of Elsa Triolet as muse
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evocation of occupied France ⓘ fusion of love lyricism and political commitment ⓘ |
| partOf | Louis Aragon’s resistance-period works ⓘ |
| period | 1940s French literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions de la Bibliothèque française NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | occupied France ⓘ |
| subject | the beloved’s eyes as symbol of hope ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | "Elsa’s Eyes" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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