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Brunetière

American  
[brynuh-tyer] / brünəˈtjɛr /

noun

  1. Ferdinand 1849–1906, French literary critic.


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The order is carried out, and six months afterwards Brunetière dies.

From International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

He sums up Ferdinand Brunetière as "constipé," a sound definition of a shrewd, unsympathetic critic.

From Unicorns by James Huneker

What he meant by passion has been defined by a later French writer, Ferdinand Brunetière, as a conflict of wills.

From The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays by Sterling Andrus Leonard

Brunetière, Ferdinand, xiv, 167;  History of Classical French Literature, 14.

From A Manual of the Art of Fiction by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Should M. Brunetière by any chance cease to fear the proximity to Dr. Kuyper's assertions of the facts and documents published by me, I will issue a new Edition.

From Boer Politics by Yves Guyot

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