1. The Most Indian of the Major French Poets: Charles Leconte De Lisle
- Author:
- Come Carpentier de Gourdon
- Publication Date:
- 08-2019
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- India International Centre (IIC)
- Abstract:
- Indian civilisation has, time and again, influenced French literary and artistic life in various ways, more particularly from the mid-17th century, when the travel accounts of Francois Bernier and Jean-Baptiste Tavernier achieved great popularity in an intellectual class exposed to the fine goods imported by the French East India Company (la compagnie des Indes), or bought by traders. These included Golkonda diamonds, carved ivory, muslin, indigo, cashmere shawls, printed cotton fabrics known as ‘Indiennes’ or ‘madras’ , ‘Coromandel’ screens and miniatures of the Mughal school. The first poems, fables, novels, comedies and operas on Indian themes appeared in Europe in the years that followed.
- Topic:
- Culture and Literature
- Political Geography:
- India and France