Imagination in French Romantic Poetry

action appears artistic attempts become belief bring c'est called century changes classical coloured composition concerned condition context despite Dieu differing direct doubt early earth eighteenth century entirely epic example experience expression facing fact faculty fancy France French French Romantics given gives goes Hugo Hugo's human idea ideal illustration images imitation important inner intuitions invention inventive power kind Lamartine Lamartine's language largely light literary literature Looked lyrical imagination Madame de Staël means Méditations MICHIGAN mind Muse nature nineteenth notion observed original passage perhaps period pieces play poem poet's poetic poetry poets principle puts question range refers representation rhetoric Romantic sense sensibility shows suggesting Symbolism takes themes theory thought tion traditional true universal verse Vigny Vigny's vision whole writing