The article takes the French poet and political figure Alphonse de Lamartine at a turning point in his political and literary career. His crushing defeat in the presidential election of December 1848, after he had played a key role in the...
moreThe article takes the French poet and political figure Alphonse de Lamartine at a turning point in his political and literary career. His crushing defeat in the presidential election of December 1848, after he had played a key role in the advent of the Second Republic and its Provisional Government, put an halt to his political ambition. The article examines how Lamartine tried to recover his political clout and regain the trust of the people by turning away from poetry and writing popular novels instead.
