Les “nègres, ” la neige Notes on one of Verlaine’s epistolary turns of phrase
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: Revue Verlaine
2018, n° 16. varia - Author: Murphy (Steve)
- Pages: 79 to 82
- Journal: Verlaine Studies
This note examines a turn of phrase from a letter that Verlaine sent to Lepelletier in 1872: “Des nègres comme s’il en neigeait.” It situates these words in their immediate epistolary framework and touches on their roots in popular language.
- CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
- ISBN: 978-2-406-09083-0
- EAN: 9782406090830
- ISSN: 2426-8860
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-09083-0.p.0079
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Online publication: 03-30-2019
- Periodicity: Annual
- Language: French
- Keyword: Paul Verlaine, Edmond Lepelletier, nineteenth-century French literature, poetry, correspondences, history of the French language
