école romane
French literary group
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Maurras
- In Charles Maurras
…and later known as the école romane. The group favoured classical restraint and clarity over what they considered to be the vague, emotional character of Symbolist work. After the “Dreyfus affair,” which polarized French opinion of the right and left, Maurras became an ardent monarchist. In June 1899 he was…
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Moréas
- In Jean Moréas
Moréas founded the école romane (“Roman school”) and, with his disciples Raymond de la Tailhède, Maurice du Plessys, Ernest Raynaud, and Charles Maurras, reverted to classical forms and subject matter; free verse was abandoned and classical sources of inspiration were used. Énone au clair visage (1893) and Eriphyle…
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