Talk:The Chimeras

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Did you know... that Gérard de Nerval thought his poems from the cycle The Chimeras would "lose their charm" if they were explained?

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The result was: promoted by The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 09:09, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The French writer Gérard de Nerval

... the poet Gérard de Nerval (pictured) expected a resurgence of paganism when he wrote The Chimeras? Source: "...colored by Nerval's expectation of the resurgence of an enlightened paganism..." (Appelbaum, Stanley. Introduction to French Poetry)
- ALT1:... that Gérard de Nerval (pictured) thought his poems from the cycle The Chimeras would "lose their charm" if they were explained? Source: "...ils...perdraient de leur charme à être expliqués..." (Gordon, Rae Beth. "The lyric persona: Nerval's 'El Desdichado'")

Reviewed: Ode to the Mets

Created by Ffranc (talk). Self-nominated at 10:51, 7 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

for the ALT hook: the other hook is problematic, since the source has that neopagan thing only for one of the poems. I see no plagiarism, it's long and new enough, and it's a great little article on a book of poems: thank you for writing this up. Drmies (talk) 00:47, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]