POLONIUS, J. [LABENSKI, Xavier]. Empédocle, vision poétique, - Lot 180

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POLONIUS, J. [LABENSKI, Xavier]. Empédocle, vision poétique, - Lot 180
POLONIUS, J. [LABENSKI, Xavier]. Empédocle, vision poétique, suivie d'autres poésies. Paris, Aimé-André, 1829. Small in-12, (4)-241 pp. 3 pp. catalog. Contemporary polished fawn half-basane, spine with ornate faux nerfs (some foxing). Rare. Only one entry in the CCFr (BnF). Jean Polonius is the pseudonym of Xavier Labenski, a Russian-Polish poet (1800-1855). From 1827 to 1829, he versified in keepsakes, with nothing to reveal a foreigner (perfect prosody, timely subjects and pure language). His identity was not known until 1839, when a poem, Erostrate, was published, this time signed by a Polish nobleman, Count Ksaveri Ksaverievitch Labenski. His Poésies diverses, 1827, and our title are therefore published under Polonius. While his Erostrate reiterated the disgust of the century and the melancholy accents from which the generation of 1830 had distanced itself, his Vision d'Empédocle retained a greater originality. Charles Asselineau recognized his place between Auguste Barbier, whose emulator he was, and Lamartine, whose pupil he was, and Eugène Asse classified him among the lesser romantics (1900). ELEGIAC POETRY. ROMANTISM.
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