![]() The work abounds in instances of the poetic prose at which Chateaubriand excelled. Chateaubriand, a writer, politician, diplomat and historian, remains widely regarded as the founder of French Romanticism.Īlthough the work shares characteristics with earlier French "memoirs" (like the Memoirs of Saint-Simon), the Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe are also inspired by the Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau: in addition to providing a record of political and historical events, Chateaubriand includes details of his private life and his personal aspirations. ![]() Mémoires d'Outre-Tombe (English: Memoirs from Beyond the Grave) is the memoir of François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848), collected and published posthumously in two volumes in 18, respectively.
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