nerval
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Gé·rard de [zhey-rarduh], /ʒeɪˈrar də/, Gérard Labrunie, 1808–55, French writer.
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How to use nerval in a sentence
One figure remains to be filled in, the most pathetic of all the Romantic band, Grard de nerval.
Vie de Bohme | Orlo WilliamsHere he became a friend of Grard de nerval, who was of such influence on the later decadent school.
Contes Franais | Douglas Labaree BuffumShe prepared dinner for them, and sent De nerval for the girl, who had gone to ransack the peasant treasures in the garret.
Letters on Literature | Andrew LangEven if Gerard de nerval did walk the boulevards trolling a lobster by a blue ribbon—that is no reason for judging him crazy.
Visionaries | James HunekerHe was born in 1808, the son of a Doctor Labrunie—the family name of de nerval was only assumed by him when he began to write.
Vie de Bohme | Orlo Williams
British Dictionary definitions for Nerval
/ (French nɛrval) /
Gérard de (ʒerar də), real name Gérard Labrunie. 1808–55, French poet, noted esp for the sonnets of mysticism, myth, and private passion in Les Chimères (1854)
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