This is a very good documentary in a way very few documentaries still are. Yet so compact. A rare combination.

@jakeelsner2963

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same. quality narration and information. even in the short animation at the beginning you can tell a great many hours were put into it

Coming from Instagram, someone recomendating this for people who love literatur, and thank you for that guy, because i love it

Hunchback of Notre Dame is very unique book as it was written in a time that was seen and now gone. The characters play a key role as they bring out the high points of the novel as it moves along. I have some of Victor Hugo's books and think of them as flashbacks to a time that was so different than the world we live in now. A Birdseye view of old Paris.

Tysm for these documentaries, I love to binge all of em

Love these French writers. THANK YOU❤

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Me too 💙Much welcome

Another good documentary. Thanks. I always enjoy them.

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Quite welcome 👌

I needed this fr

I enjoyed the visuals in this documentary, the sketches, paintings, photos, and video, the cumulative vision of the "City of Light," a great historical locale that, alas, I have never visited, but about which I read a fair amount in my twenties, concentrating mostly on the first half of the Twentieth Century, including our immortal expats. Perhaps it tries to cover too much and too many for such a short film, but it held my interest closely despite its brevity. Thanks again, Paul.

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Hi John, I wish this one were longer too. I saw your comment disappeared on the other video when I went to respond so I went to find you. I just wanted to say, you're doing right. We've got to read what appeals most. It keeps our love for literature alive. It's good to see you again on here!

@Scapegrace74

Жыл бұрын

Hi, Paul. Thanks for responding to that comment I deleted. The opinion I expressed felt candid and authentic at the moment I sent it off, but as hours passed, it began to seem snide, negative, unnecessary, offensive, etc. I have conflicting feelings about expressing that sort of sentiment. The last thing I want to be is a book snob. I've known too many of those, and it was never pleasant to be a target of them. He reminded me, somewhat obviously, of Hemingway in the way he lived his life. Maybe if fate puts his most famous book close at hand, I'll assign myself the penitential--is "penitential" a real word? if not, it should be--task of reading it. There's no justification for damning someone to literary irrelevance without reading at least one of her or his books. I'm still around, still following your excellent channel. Very recently, I've found my curiosity piqued by Fernando Pessoa, the very eccentric Portuguese writer whose last name means "person" in Portuguese. Take care. Will communicate again soon. Happy 2023. Edit: I'm still uncertain which is the right approach, candor or consideration for the feelings of those who might have the opposite opinion. Maybe there is no right approach, maybe it's just a personal choice. Sorry to have involved you in my confusion. It is a serious question, a dilemma. Yours is the first reply I've ever gotten to a comment I deleted. Here in southeastern New England, we're expecting snow and many of us are feeling housebound. 😃 😊 😀 😄 Stay well.

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

@@Scapegrace74 Yes, that's a good policy. If you encounter a book of Grey's somewhere, go for it. Funny you mention Hemingway. Grey once contacted him to plan a fishing tour together but it never panned out...And I don't think there is a right approach to commenting, but if it's from the heart, you can't go wrong...I'll check out Fernando Pessoa though. I've never heard of him...The snow's probably heading my way too--I'm in western New York. Anyway, all is well, my friend. We'll definitely talk again soon. I'll be working on the next documentary at the end of the week. Happy 2023. 🎉🎉 (And yup, penitential's a real one, I'm adding it to my notes)

@Scapegrace74

Жыл бұрын

@@AuthorDocumentaries As we soldier on through our winter, which hasn't been so bad (most locals think we've been lucky: too much rain and wind and far too many clouds, but almost no snow and very little ice), I thought of you in upperstate New York and remembered William Kennedy's Albany books, especially his Albany Trilogy, "Ironweed," "Billy Phelan's Greatest Game," and "Legs," which are the best of his work, as far as I know; which I read and reread years ago and enjoyed and recommend. That's about all I know of the literature of that region. ("Ironweed" was made into a good movie, too, if you should want to get a sense of what Kennedy's concerns are before launching into one of his novels) Random thoughts on a bright, cold, windy day in the state where H.P.LOVECRAFT is all but certainly our most famous writer. Anyway, stay warm. Two more months until Spring.

Hoping to see a Simenon doc. Great channel.

I agree with the previous writers, thanks for posting! Keep them coming!

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Will do, Donald!

This is an excellent channel! A suggestion: Please add a video on Ms.Shirley Jackson. She is simply one of our greatest writers and is gaining greater recognition and acclaim. She and her husband were also friends, hosts, and mentors of Ralph Ellison. Her video would tie in with his. Thank you!

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the compliment! I shall add her to my list!

@davidgradwell8830

Жыл бұрын

@@AuthorDocumentaries Thank you!!! Other great subjects would be: Zora Neal Hurston, Toni Morrison, Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Jules Verne, Anne Frank, Harper Lee, Anne Rice, The Algonquin Round Table, George Sand, and Christina Rossetti. I hope this helps. :) Peace! David

George Sand wore men's clothes because they were practical and liberating. She had complained of her dresses getting wet in puddles as she ascended a carriage etc.

*Thank you for this overview of some of the major French writers of the 19th century. However, I would like to know something about Hégésippe Moreau, who is usually tagged as "a minor French poet." I wrote a poem about him that was meant for my second book," but my editors gave it a a pass. In any case, I'd like to know more about him and his work, as he seems to have been "airbrushed" out of the history of French Literature. Any help or links would be greatly appreciated. Merci d'avance!*

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Yes, of course. Moreau wrote about freedoms and rural life, took part in the July 1830 revolution and became a Bohemian. He died of TB at 28. Here's a brief overview on Moreau: Hégésippe Moreau was a French lyric poet. From birth, he was called by the last name of his biological father (Moreau) and took on the pseudonym Hégésippe when he first began publishing poetry in 1829. In the imagination of the French romantics and the 19th century public, the difficulties of Hégésippe Moreau's life and his untimely death made him a romantic equivalent of the earlier poets Thomas Chatterton, Nicolas Joseph Laurent Gilbert and Jacques Clinchamps de Malfilâtre. This romantic myth was solidified by the publication of his complete works, together with the works of Gilbert and a list of poets who died of hunger, in 1856; the 1860 edition of his works included an important biographical preface by Sainte-Beuve. Here's his wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9g%C3%A9sippe_Moreau And if you want to dive really deep, Gallica has all things French: gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22H%C3%A9g%C3%A9sippe%20Moreau%22%29&lang=en&suggest=0#resultat-id-12

@519djw6

Жыл бұрын

@@AuthorDocumentaries Thank you for the links--especially the second one.

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

@@519djw6 Of course. Gallica is really helping my novel's Fin de Siecle French setting. It's a treasure

Tres Magnifique 🪶

@AuthorDocumentaries

Жыл бұрын

Merci d'avoir regardé 📺

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all in it 23:35

💝

I love French novels. After all, the French invented the modern "novel." However, the Russians and the Spaniards are even greater. English novel, as a rule, is mediocre, the Germans are the worst. Every German writer belongs to either of two categories: either he is a Don Quixot or a Sancho Pansa. Read Cousin Basilio, by Eca de Queros...it is superior to Madam Bovary.