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Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

1804–1869

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Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) was a pivotal French literary critic and historian who championed the empirical and biographical approach to understanding literature and culture. He believed that a writer's life and historical context were crucial to unlocking the meaning and significance of their works, a method that profoundly influenced subsequent literary criticism.

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Portraits de femmes
Portraits littéraires
Causeries du lundi
Nouveaux Lundis
Chateaubriand et son groupe littéraire sous l'Empire
Vie, poésies et pensées de Joseph Delorme
Pensées d'Août
Histoire de Port-Royal

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