See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS PONSARD (1814-1867)

PONSARD (1814-1867)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French dramatist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VIENNE
• VIENNE, COUNCIL OF

Vienne, See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• ISERE
• ISERE [anc. Isara]

Isere, on the 1st of See also:

• JUNE

June 1814 . He was bred a lawyer, and his first performance in literature was a See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• MANFRED (c. 1232–1266)

Manfred (1837) . His See also:

• PLAY

play Lucrece was represented at the Thedtre See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais on the 1st of See also:

• APRIL

April 1843 . This date is a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• EPOCH (Gr. E7roxij, holding in suspense, a pause, from E1rxav, to hold up, to stop)

epoch in literature and dramatic See also:

• HISTORY

history, because it marked a reaction against the romantic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style of See also:

• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE
• DUMAS, ALEXANDRE [" DUMAS FILS"] (1824-1895)
• DUMAS, GUILLAUME MATHIEU, COUNT (1753-1837)
• DUMAS, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRE (1800-1884)

Dumas and See also:

• HUGO, GUSTAV VON (1764–1844)
• HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (1802-1885)

Hugo . He received in 1845 the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize awarded by the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy for a tragedy " to oppose a See also:

• DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro

dike to the waves of romanticism." See also:

• PONSARD, FRANCOIS (1814-1867)

Ponsard adopted the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of the romantics with regard to the unities of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time and See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, but he reverted to the more sober style of earlier French See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama . The tastes and capacities of the greatest tragic actress of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, See also:

• RACHEL (1821-1858)

Rachel, suited his methods, and this contributed greatly to his own popularity . He followed up Lucrece with See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes de Meranie (1846), See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte See also:

• CORDAY

Corday (1850), and others . Ponsard accepted the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, though with no very See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, and received the See also:

• POST

post of librarian to the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, which, however, he soon resigned, fighting a bloodless See also:

• DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel with a journalist on the subject . L'Honneur et l'argent, one of his most successful plays, was acted in 1853, and he became an Academician in 1855 . For some years he did little, but in 1866 he obtained great success with Le See also:

• LION
• LION (Lat, leo, leonis; Gr. Mew)

Lion amoureux, another play dealing with the revolutionary epoch . His See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee, which excited great opposition in the clerical See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp, was produced See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1867 . He died in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the 7th of See also:

• JULY

July of the same See also:

• YEAR

year, soon after his nomination to the commandership of the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

Honour .

Most of Ponsard's plays hold a certain steady level of See also:

• LITERARY

literary and dramatic ability, but his popularity is in the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main due to the fact that his See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance coincided with a certain public weariness of the extravagant and unequal style of 1830 . His tEuvres completes were published in Paris (3 vols., 1865–1876) . See La Fin du thedtre romantique et See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Ponsard d'apres See also:

• DES

des documents inedits (1899), by C . See also:

• LATREILLE
• LATREILLE, PIERRE ANDRE (1762–1833)

Latreille .