Gourmont

[goor-mawn]

noun

1. Remy de 1858–1915, French critic and novelist.

Gourmont

/ ɡurmɔ̃ /

noun

1. Remy de (rəmi də). 1858–1915, French symbolist critic and novelist

Example Sentences

Remy de Gourmont is the Admirable Crichton of French letters.

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But if De Gourmont always attains clarity with no loss of depth, he sometimes mixes his genres; that is, the poet peeps out in his reports of the psychic life of insects, as the philosopher lords it over the pages of his fiction.

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Sceptical in all matters, though never the fascinating sophist that is Anatole France, De Gourmont criticised the thirty-six dramatic situations, reducing the number to four.

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The colour of De Gourmont's mind is stained by his artistic sensibility.

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A pioneer in new æsthetic pastures, De Gourmont is a poet for poets.

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