Hugo, Victor: Victor Hugo au sacre de Charles X (1825).(Brief article)(Book review)

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Hugo, Victor Victor Hugo au sacre de Charles X (1825). Bernard Degout. Paris: Euredit, 2003. 194 pp. Euro38.

"Victor Hugo was a twenty-three year old poet who was recognized by the ultra-royalists when he was officially invited in 1825 to the coronation of Charles X in Reims. From this event, he was expected to write not only a simple ode but a text which would neutralize political opposition to the coronation while enhancing ... its symbolic dimension, a dimension which was absolutely necessary in order to restore the foundation of monarchy after the revolutionary episode ...

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