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The Future Eve (1886) Signature. Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam[1] (7 November 1838 – 19 August 1889) was a French symbolist writer. His family called him Mathias while his friends called him Villiers; he would also use the name Auguste when publishing some of his books.
Symbolism. Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam (born Nov. 7, 1838, Saint-Brieuc, France—died Aug. 19, 1889, Paris) was a French poet, dramatist, and short-story writer whose work reflects a revolt against naturalism and a combination of Romantic idealism and cruel sensuality. His hatred of the mediocrity of a materialistic age and his ...
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Axël, dramatic prose poem by Auguste, comte de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, published in 1890. Wagnerian in theme and scope, Axël combines symbolism and occult themes. Axël, the lord of a German castle, kills a relative who attempts to uncover the secret of a mysterious treasure buried in his home and is himself attacked by the young novice ...
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Oct 24, 2021 · In 1522, after a six-month-long siege, the Order of St John, under the leadership of Grand Master Philippe Villiers de l’Isle Adam (1464-1534), was forced to abandon Rhodes, with full military ...
Axël. Axël is a drama by French writer Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, published in 1890. It was influenced by his participation in the Paris Commune, the Gnostic philosophy of Hegel as well as the works of Goethe and Victor Hugo. It begins in an occult castle. The Byronic hero Axël meets a Germanic princess.
The Future Eve. The Future Eve (also translated as Tomorrow's Eve and The Eve of the Future; French: L'Ève future) is a symbolist science fiction novel by the French author Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. Begun in 1878 and originally published in 1886, the novel is known for popularizing the term "Android". [citation needed]
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Villiers de l'Isle-Adam by William Thomas Conroy, 1978; Life of Villiers by A. W. Raitt, 1981; The Aesthetics of Artifice: Villiers's L'Eve Future by Marie Lathers, 1996; Jeering Dreamers: Villiers de L'Isle-Adam's L'Eve Future at Our Fin de Siècle: A Collection of Essays, edited by John Anzalone and Marilyn Gaddis Rose, 1996.
