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Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri
Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri (1737–1814), French natural philosopher and novelist, a friend and follower of Rousseau of whom he left an account in La Vie et les ouvrages de Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1820). He is author of the immensely influential and much translated Paul et Virginie (1788), a pastoral romance set on a tropical island, describing the idyllic childhood and upbringing of two French children. It ends tragically: Virginie drowns and Paul dies of grief. Saint-Pierre was a follower of Rousseau and his works offer a French version of primitivism.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BernardindeSantPrrJcqsHnr.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques-Henri." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BernardindeSantPrrJcqsHnr.html |
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Saint-Pierre
Saint-Pierre săN pyĕr , town (1990 est. pop. 5,550), Martinique, West Indies. Founded by Esnambuc in 1635 and once the chief commercial city of the island, it was engulfed by a mass of flame, lava, and ash in the eruption (1902) of Pelée. Of the city's inhabitants (about 28,000), only one person survived, and many thousands more were killed in the surrounding region. The town's present activity revolves around tourists visiting the ruins. |
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"Saint-Pierre." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Saint-Pierre." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-StPier.html "Saint-Pierre." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-StPier.html |
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