Acknowledged, even lionized, during his own lifetime by an elite circle of writers for his genius, his spellbinding talents as a storyteller, and his resistance to positivist lessons of progress, Phil...
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By conventional standards Jean-Marie Mathias Philippe-Auguste, Comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was an utter failure as a dramatist in his lifetime. His first plays were issued in editions so small in...
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Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste Villiers de l'Isle Adam,