Saint-Amant: Poetry and Painting

Christopher D. Rolfe

From Saint-Amant and the Theory of 'Ut Pictura Poesis' (1972), pp. 7-16, doi:10.59860/td.c8d2ee5

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Christopher D. Rolfe

MHRA Texts and Dissertations 6

Modern Humanities Research Association

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Abstract.  Perhaps the one positive aspect of Saint-Amant's poetic ability about which scholars and critics have always been in agreement is his outstanding gift for writing descriptive verse. This talent brought him renown amongst his contemporaries.

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