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Sainte-Beuve

American  
[sant-bœv] / sɛ̃tˈbœv /

noun

  1. Charles Augustin 1804–69, French literary critic.


Sainte-Beuve British  
/ sɛ̃tbœv /

noun

  1. Charles Augustin (ʃarl oɡystɛ̃). 1804–69, French critic, best known for his collections of essays Port Royal (1840–59) and Les Causeries du Lundi (1851–62)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Medical examiner Anne Martinat Sainte-Beuve said that in the wake of her husband's arrest, Gisèle was clearly traumatised but calm and distant – a coping mechanism often employed by survivors of terrorist attacks.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

Ms Sainte-Beuve said she had found Gisèle "exceptionally resilient": "She turned what could have destroyed her into strength."

From BBC Dec. 14, 2024

It was through Saintsbury I came to read the French, especially Sainte-Beuve, and another critical line that interested me was Peacock/Meredith/Huxley.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

In a time of dictatorship, they created in exile what Sainte-Beuve called "the intellectual Elysium of a whole generation."

From Time Magazine Archive

That must have been a strenuous season for the copyist, for Sainte-Beuve read at a prodigious rate, showing impatience at any delay, and still greater impatience at any proposed alteration.

From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer

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