Talks · 29 May 2023Dominique Pagani: From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment- 18:57A poet famous in his time, whom no one rereads.
Delille
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Who is this?Jacques Delille (French:; 22 June 1738 at Aigueperse in Auvergne – 1 May 1813, in Paris) was a French poet who came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil’s Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening. He barely survived the slaughter of the French Revolution and lived for some years outside France, including three years in England. The poems on abstract themes that he published after his return were less well received.
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Talks · 29 May 2023Dominique Pagani: From the debauchery of sense to the orgy of sentiment
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