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Excerpt from Lascaris, ou les Grecs du Xve Si�cle: Nouvelle Historique; With A Biographical Sketch Of The Author, A Selection Of Poems On Greece, And Notes Historical And Philological
The enthusiasm excited fifty years ago by the Greek insur rection told in a most extraordinary manner upon French literature. Both poets and prose-writers turned their atten tion towards the East, and the heroic struggle which the descendants of Themistocles and Miltiades carried on against the Turks marked with an indelible stamp the brilliant efi'orts of the Romantic school. It was a kind of modern Renais sance produced by the combined influence of political liberal ism and artistic fervour; those who could not offer their sword to the cause of regenerated Hellas, paid to it the homage of their genius; and the result was a number of works which have obtained great and merited reputation. The historical novel composed by M. Villemain under the title of Lasearz's au les Grecs du xv' sz'�eze (1825, in 8vo.) is undoubtedly one of the best productions which that move ment called forth a critic called it � la fais un 5072 ouvrage et une benne aefiazz, and, as a model of style, it deserves to be placed on the list of books recommended for the use of those who wish to become familiar With elegant and idio matic French. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
