Le Parnasse satyrique ou Parnasse des poètes satyriques, un recueil de textes licencieux rassemblant différents poètes libertins et satiriques, parut à Paris en 1622 et déclencha un scandale, conduisant notamment à la sévère condamnation de certains de ses auteurs, dont Théophile de Viau, figure de proue des libertins. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
All the Year Round was a weekly literary magazine founded and owned by Charles Dickens, published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the United Kingdom. It was edited by Dickens until shortly before his death in 1870, and then his eldest son Charles Dickens, Jr. took over the magazine.
The following poem was published anonymously in its issue of August 21, 1886. It is a beautiful declaration of love addressed to a child. Although the author does never tell the child’s gender, the words “like a Queen” make it clear that it is a girl. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
