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HENRI AUGUSTE BARBIER (1805-1882)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 387 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRI AUGUSTE See also:BARBIER (1805-1882)  , See also:French dramatist and poet, was See also:born in See also:Paris on the 29th of See also:April 1805 . Inspired by the revolution of See also:July he poured forth a See also:series of eager, vigorous poems, denouncing, crudely enough, the evils of the See also:time . They are spoken of collectively as the lambes (1831), though the designation is not strictly applicable to all . As the name suggests, they are modelled on the See also:verse of See also:Andre See also:Chenier . They include La Curee, La Popularite, L'Idole, Paris, See also:Dante, Quatre-vingt-treize and Varsovie . The See also:rest of See also:Barbier's poemsare forgotten, and when, in 1869, he received the See also:long delayed See also:honour of See also:admission to the See also:Academy, See also:Montalembert expressed the See also:general sentiment in his Barbier7 mais it est mort ! It was even asserted, though without See also:foundation, that he was not the real author of the Jambes . He died at See also:Nice on the 13th of See also:February 1882 . He collaborated with See also:Leon de See also:Wailly in the libretto of See also:Berlioz's See also:opera, Benvenuto See also:Cellini, and his See also:works include two series of poems on the See also:political and social troubles of See also:Italy and See also:England, printed in later See also:editions of lambes et poemes . See also Sainte-Beuve, Portraits contemporains, vol. ii .

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