Alfred de Musset's Romantic Irony

Advocated by Friedrich Schlegel, romantic irony reveals the poet's mature and self-reflexive attitude in creativity. The romantic poet juxtaposes an intimate, subjective perspective and a detached, objective perspective toward his work. Musset demonstrates this irony in his contention that a tr...

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Published in:Nineteenth-century French studies 2003-03, Vol.31 (3/4), p.197-209
Main Author: BEUS, YIFEN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Analysis
Anonymous writers. Authors
Authors, French
Criticism and interpretation
Drama
France
French literature
French speaking and English speaking literatures
French speaking literatures
History
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Illusion
Irony
Literary criticism
Love
Love poetry
Musset, Alfred de
Narrative poetry
Octaves
Poetry
Romantic poetry
Theater
Works
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Summary:Advocated by Friedrich Schlegel, romantic irony reveals the poet's mature and self-reflexive attitude in creativity. The romantic poet juxtaposes an intimate, subjective perspective and a detached, objective perspective toward his work. Musset demonstrates this irony in his contention that a true poet should attain both a state of exaltation and one of detachment of his emotions. Musset's armchair dramas, Les Caprices de Marianne, On ne badine pas avec l'amour, Fantisio, and Lorenzaccio in particular, realize the ideal of Romantic theatre through his sarcastic and comic attitudes and through a reflection of his awareness of the very nature of dramatic art.
ISSN:0146-7891
1536-0172
1536-0172
DOI:10.1353/ncf.2003.0006