Les Regrets
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Les Regrets is a 1558 sonnet collection by French Renaissance poet Joachim du Bellay, noted for its introspective, melancholic reflections on exile, disillusionment, and the poet’s experience in Rome.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poetry collection
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sonnet collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
La Pléiade
NERFINISHED
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Petrarchan sonnet tradition ⓘ |
| author | Joachim du Bellay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biographicalContext | du Bellay's stay in Rome ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 16th century ⓘ |
| circulation | printed book ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dominantTheme |
critique of Rome
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disillusionment ⓘ exile ⓘ nostalgia for France ⓘ personal introspection ⓘ |
| dominantTone | melancholic ⓘ |
| form | sonnet ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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sonnet sequence ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Sonnet CXXXI
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Sonnet I NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet LXXXIX NERFINISHED ⓘ Sonnet XXXI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReception | considered a major work of French Renaissance poetry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Petrarch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | French Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | French alexandrine (predominantly) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovation in French sonnet sequence
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introspective tone ⓘ reflection on political and court life ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 191 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1558 ⓘ |
| publisher | Parisian Renaissance printer (exact identity uncertain or variable in sources) ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Les Antiquités de Rome
NERFINISHED
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Les Jeux rustiques NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | various Petrarchan-derived schemes ⓘ |
| setting | Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption of the papal court
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homesickness ⓘ poetic vocation ⓘ time and mutability ⓘ vanity of worldly ambition ⓘ |
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