Gourmont
Americannoun
noun
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To the fury of Critic Remy de Gourmont, author of a famed biological theory of esthetics, puritanical Frenchmen covered the offending fact with a large bronze fig leaf.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He became a sort of provincial Remy de Gourmont," says Critic Malcolm Cowley in his introduction to Selected Writings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nevertheless, De Gourmont no more than Renan, had the mania of certitude.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
Three critics of wide-reaching influence are dead since the war began: Emile Faguet, Jules Lemaître, and Remy de Gourmont.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
Remy de Gourmont is the Admirable Crichton of French letters.
From Unicorns by Huneker, James
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