Lemaître was born in Vennecy, Loiret. He became a professor at the University of Grenoble in 1883, but was already well known for his literary criticism, and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature. Lemaître succeeded Jean-Jacques Weiss as drama critic of the Journal des Débats, and subsequently filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes. His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains (7 series, 1886–99), and his dramatic feuilletons as Impressions de Théàtre (10 series, 1888–98).[1]
Lemaître's sketches of modern authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and originality of expression. He was admitted to the French Academy on 16 January 1896. Lemaître's political views were defined in La Campagne Nationaliste (1902), lectures delivered in the provinces by him and by Godefroy Cavaignac.[1]
Lemaître conducted a nationalist campaign in the Écho de Paris, and was for some time president of the Ligue de la Patrie Française.[1] The Ligue originated in 1898 with three young academics, Louis Dausset, Gabriel Syveton and Henri Vaugeois, who wanted to show that Dreyfusism was not accepted by all at the University.[2] They launched a petition that attacked Émile Zola and what many saw as an internationalist, pacifist left-wing conspiracy.[3]Charles Maurras gained the interest of the writer Maurice Barrès, and the movement gained the support of three eminent personalities: the geographer Marcel Dubois, the poet François Coppée and the critic and Jules Lemaître.[2]
Lemaître resigned from the Ligue de la Patrie Française 1904, and dedicated the rest of his life to writing.[1] He died in Tavers, aged 61.
Publicationsedit
Non-fiction
La Comédie après Molière et le Théâtre de Dancourt (1882).
Quomodo Cornelius Noster Aristotelis Poeticam sit Interpretatus (1882).
Les Contemporains. Études et Portraits Littéraires (7 vols., 1886–1899; 8th vol. posthumous).
Corneille et la Poétique d'Aristote (1888).
Impressions de Théâtre (10 vols., 1888–1898).
L'Imagier, Études et Portraits Contemporains (1892).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1907).
Jean Racine (1908).
Fénelon (1910).
Châteaubriand (1912).
Les Péchés de Sainte-Beuve (1913).
Theater
Révoltée (1889).
Le Député Leveau (1890).
Mariage Blanc (1891).
Flipote (1893).
Le Pardon (1895).
L'Âge Difficile (1895).
La Bonne Hélène (1896).
L'Aînée (1898).
Bertrade (1905).
La Massière (1905).
Le Mariage de Télémaque (1910).
Kismet (1912).
Un Salon (1924, posthumous).
Poetry
Les Médaillons (1880).
Petites Orientales (1883).
Miscellaneous
Sérénus, Histoire d'un Martyr. Contes d'Autrefois et d'Aujourd'hui (1886).
Dix Contes (1890).
Les Rois (1893).
Myrrha, Vierge et Martyre (1894).
La Franc-maçonnerie (1899).
Contes Blancs: la Cloche; la Chapelle Blanche; Mariage Blanc (1900).
En Marge des Vieux Livres (1905–1907).
Discours Royalistes, 1908–1911 (1911).
La Vieillesse d'Hélène. Nouveaux Contes en Marge (1914).
Works in English translation
The Eldest: Comedy in Four Acts (189–?).
"A Modern 'Morality'," The Living Age (1897).
"The Snobs." In: The Universal Anthology (1899).
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1907).
Their Majesties the Kings (1909).
Forgiveness: A Play in Three Acts (1913).
"The Pardon." In: Three Modern Plays from the French (1914).
A Modern Book of Criticism (1919).
"The Criticism of Contemporaries," pp. 15–19.
"Personality in Criticism," pp. 20–23.
"Tradition and Love," pp. 23–25.
Serenus and Other Stories of the Past and Present (1920).
Literary Impressions (1921).
"Princess Mimi," The Living Age (1921).
Theatrical Impressions (1924).
On the Margins of Old Books (1929).
Quotationsedit
"There are a thousand ways of seeing the same object."[4]
"The body has a character as complex and as difficult to comprehend as the moral character whereof it is the translation and the symbol."[5]
"Happiness is so fragile that one risks the loss of it by talking of it.[6]
^Pène du Bois, Henri (1897). Witty, Wise and Wicked Maxims. New York: Brentano's, p. 16.
Sourcesedit
Conner, Tom (2014-04-24), The Dreyfus Affair and the Rise of the French Public Intellectual, McFarland, ISBN978-0-7864-7862-0, retrieved 2016-03-08
Pierrard, Pierre (1998), Les Chrétiens et l'affaire Dreyfus, Editions de l'Atelier, ISBN978-2-7082-3390-4, retrieved 2016-03-07
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lemaître, François Élie Jules". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 408.
Further readingedit
Blaze de Bury, Yetta (1898). "Jules Lemaître." In: French Literature of To-day. Boston and New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, pp. 183–210.
Clark, Barrett H. (1916). "Jules Lemaître." In: Contemporary French Dramatists. Cincinnati: Stewart & Kidd Co., pp. 121–136.
Donoso, Armando (1914). Lemaitre, Crítico Literario. Santiago de Chile: Empresa "Zig-zag".
Henry, Stuart Oliver (1897). "Jules Lemaître". In: Hours with Famous Parisians. Chicago: Way and Williams, pp. 97–109.
Lewisohn, Ludwig (1915). "The Humanists." In: The Modern Drama. New York, B.W. Huebsch, pp. 90–99.
Matthews, Brander (1895). "Jules Lemaître." In: Books and Play-books. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & co., pp. 117–137.
Morice, Henri (1924). Jules Lemaître. Paris: Perrin et Cie.
Schinz, A. (1907). "Jules Lemaitre Versus Democracy," The Bookman, pp. 85–88.
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Francois Elie Jules Lemaitre 27 April 1853 4 August 1914 was a French critic and dramatist Jules LemaitreBornFrancois Elie Jules Lemaitre 1853 04 27 27 April 1853Vennecy French EmpireDied4 August 1914 1914 08 04 aged 61 Tavers FranceOccupationLiterary critic and authorSignature Contents 1 Biography 2 Publications 3 Quotations 4 References 5 Sources 6 Further reading 7 External linksBiography editLemaitre was born in Vennecy Loiret He became a professor at the University of Grenoble in 1883 but was already well known for his literary criticism and in 1884 he resigned his position to devote his time to literature Lemaitre succeeded Jean Jacques Weiss as drama critic of the Journal des Debats and subsequently filled the same office on the Revue des Deux Mondes His literary studies were collected under the title of Les Contemporains 7 series 1886 99 and his dramatic feuilletons as Impressions de Theatre 10 series 1888 98 1 Lemaitre s sketches of modern authors show great insight and unexpected judgment as well as gaiety and originality of expression He was admitted to the French Academy on 16 January 1896 Lemaitre s political views were defined in La Campagne Nationaliste 1902 lectures delivered in the provinces by him and by Godefroy Cavaignac 1 Lemaitre conducted a nationalist campaign in the Echo de Paris and was for some time president of the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise 1 The Ligue originated in 1898 with three young academics Louis Dausset Gabriel Syveton and Henri Vaugeois who wanted to show that Dreyfusism was not accepted by all at the University 2 They launched a petition that attacked Emile Zola and what many saw as an internationalist pacifist left wing conspiracy 3 Charles Maurras gained the interest of the writer Maurice Barres and the movement gained the support of three eminent personalities the geographer Marcel Dubois the poet Francois Coppee and the critic and Jules Lemaitre 2 Lemaitre resigned from the Ligue de la Patrie Francaise 1904 and dedicated the rest of his life to writing 1 He died in Tavers aged 61 Publications editNon fiction La Comedie apres Moliere et le Theatre de Dancourt 1882 Quomodo Cornelius Noster Aristotelis Poeticam sit Interpretatus 1882 Les Contemporains Etudes et Portraits Litteraires 7 vols 1886 1899 8th vol posthumous Corneille et la Poetique d Aristote 1888 Impressions de Theatre 10 vols 1888 1898 L Imagier Etudes et Portraits Contemporains 1892 Jean Jacques Rousseau 1907 Jean Racine 1908 Fenelon 1910 Chateaubriand 1912 Les Peches de Sainte Beuve 1913 Theater Revoltee 1889 Le Depute Leveau 1890 Mariage Blanc 1891 Flipote 1893 Le Pardon 1895 L Age Difficile 1895 La Bonne Helene 1896 L Ainee 1898 Bertrade 1905 La Massiere 1905 Le Mariage de Telemaque 1910 Kismet 1912 Un Salon 1924 posthumous Poetry Les Medaillons 1880 Petites Orientales 1883 Miscellaneous Serenus Histoire d un Martyr Contes d Autrefois et d Aujourd hui 1886 Dix Contes 1890 Les Rois 1893 Myrrha Vierge et Martyre 1894 La Franc maconnerie 1899 Contes Blancs la Cloche la Chapelle Blanche Mariage Blanc 1900 En Marge des Vieux Livres 1905 1907 Discours Royalistes 1908 1911 1911 La Vieillesse d Helene Nouveaux Contes en Marge 1914 Works in English translation The Eldest Comedy in Four Acts 189 A Modern Morality The Living Age 1897 The Snobs In The Universal Anthology 1899 Jean Jacques Rousseau 1907 Their Majesties the Kings 1909 Forgiveness A Play in Three Acts 1913 The Pardon In Three Modern Plays from the French 1914 A Modern Book of Criticism 1919 The Criticism of Contemporaries pp 15 19 Personality in Criticism pp 20 23 Tradition and Love pp 23 25 Serenus and Other Stories of the Past and Present 1920 Literary Impressions 1921 Princess Mimi The Living Age 1921 Theatrical Impressions 1924 On the Margins of Old Books 1929 Quotations edit There are a thousand ways of seeing the same object 4 The body has a character as complex and as difficult to comprehend as the moral character whereof it is the translation and the symbol 5 Happiness is so fragile that one risks the loss of it by talking of it 6 References edit a b c d Chisholm 1911 a b Pierrard 1998 p 180 Conner 2014 p 160 Pene du Bois Henri 1894 French Folly in Maxims New York Brentano s p 10 Pene du Bois 1894 p 10 Pene du Bois Henri 1897 Witty Wise and Wicked Maxims New York Brentano s p 16 Sources editConner Tom 2014 04 24 The Dreyfus Affair and the Rise of the French Public Intellectual McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 7862 0 retrieved 2016 03 08 Pierrard Pierre 1998 Les Chretiens et l affaire Dreyfus Editions de l Atelier ISBN 978 2 7082 3390 4 retrieved 2016 03 07 nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Lemaitre Francois Elie Jules Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 16 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 408 Further reading editBlaze de Bury Yetta 1898 Jules Lemaitre In French Literature of To day Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin and Company pp 183 210 Clark Barrett H 1916 Jules Lemaitre In Contemporary French Dramatists Cincinnati Stewart amp Kidd Co pp 121 136 Donoso Armando 1914 Lemaitre Critico Literario Santiago de Chile Empresa Zig zag Henry Stuart Oliver 1897 Jules Lemaitre In Hours with Famous Parisians Chicago Way and Williams pp 97 109 Lewisohn Ludwig 1915 The Humanists In The Modern Drama New York B W Huebsch pp 90 99 Matthews Brander 1895 Jules Lemaitre In Books and Play books London Osgood McIlvaine amp co pp 117 137 Morice Henri 1924 Jules Lemaitre Paris Perrin et Cie Schinz A 1907 Jules Lemaitre Versus Democracy The Bookman pp 85 88 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jules Lemaitre Works by Jules Lemaitre at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Jules Lemaitre at Internet Archive Works by Jules Lemaitre at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Works by Jules Lemaitre at Hathi Trust Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jules Lemaitre amp oldid 1194589182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
