Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé
Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé | |
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| Born | Marie-Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé 25 February 1848 Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Died | 29 March 1910 (aged 62) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Diplomat, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic |
| Notable works | The Russian Novel (1886) |
Marie-Eugène-Melchior,
vicomte de Vogüé (25 February 1848 – 29 March 1910) was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist
, philanthropist and literary critic.
Biography
Born in
French National Assembly.[3]
His connection with the Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Many consider de Vogüé's essay to be the first major examination of the novelist's work.[4]
Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of
Karl de Struve
, Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands.
He became a member of the
Académie française in 1888. His uncle, Melchior de Vogüé
, also served in the academy concurrently for a few years.
In 1897, he wrote a short series of books concerning the War of the Spanish Succession.
Part of his personal correspondence detailing his expedition to Cyprus, has been published.[5][6][7][8]
Works
- (1876). Syrie, Palestine, Mont Athos (1887 edition).
- (1877). Vangheli.
- (1879). Boulacq et Saqquarah.
- (1879). Chez les Pharaons.
- (1879). Histoires Orientales.
- (1883). Les Portraits du Siècle.
- (1884). Le Fils de Pierre le Grand.
- (1884). Mazeppa.
- (1884). Un Changement de Règne.
- (1885). Histoires d’Hiver.
- (1886). Le Roman Russe.
- (1887). Souvenirs et Visions.
- (1888). Le Portrait du Louvre.
- (1889). Remarques sur l’Exposition du Centenaire.
- (1890). Le Manteau de Joseph Olenine.
- (1891). Spectacles Contemporains.
- (1892). Regards Historiques et Littéraires.[9]
- (1892). Heures d’Histoire.
- (1893). Cœurs Russes.
- (1893). Notes sur le Bas-Vivarais.
- (1896). Devant le Siècle.
- (1897). Jean d’Agrève.
- (1898). Histoire et Poésie.
- (1899). Les Morts qui Parlent (Scènes de la Vie Parlementaire).
- (1900). Le Rappel des Ombres.
- (1902). Pages d’Histoire.
- (1903). Le Maître de la Mer.
- (1904). Sous l’Horizon: Hommes et Choses d’Hier.
- (1905). Maxime Gorki.
- (1910). Les Routes.
Selected articles
- (1862). "Fouilles de Chypre et de Syrie. Extrait d'une lettre de M. Melchior de Vogùé à M. Renan," Revue Archéologique, Vol. 6. pp. 244-252.
- (1875). Journées de voyage en Syrie: les Îles, le Liban, Damas, Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 7, No. 2, 328-360.
- (1894). "Un Regard en Arrière — Les Terroristes Russes," Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 122.
- (1894). "Le Dernier Livre de Taine," Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 122.
- (1894). "À Propos d’un Débat Religieux," Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 123.
- (1894). "La Civilisation et les Grands Fleuves Historiques," Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 125.
- (1895). "Jean-Jacques Rousseau et le Cosmopolitisme Littéraire," Revue des Deux Mondes, Vol. 130.
Posthumous
- (1911). Sous les Lauriers; Éloges Académiques.
- (1932). Journal du Vicomte Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé: Paris, Saint-Pétersbourg 1877-1883.
Translated into English
- (1889). "Social Life in Russia," The Harper's Monthly.
- (1887). The Russian Novelists.
- (1916). The Russian Novel.
- (1890). "Through the Caucasus," The Harper's Monthly.
- (1891). The Tsar and his People: or, Social Life in Russia.
- "Social Life in Russia," pp. 1–98.
- "Through the Caucasus," pp. 101–147.
- (1892). "The Neo-Christian Movement in France," The Harper's Monthly.
- (1895). Russian Portraits.
- (1897). "Leo XIII," The Forum.
- (1904). The Master of the Sea.
References
- ^ Gosse, Edmund (1913). "Eugène Melchior de Vogué." In: Portraits and Sketches. London: William Heinemann, p. 250.
- ^ Gosse (1913), p. 254.
- ^ Gosse (1913), p. 264.
- ^ Röhl, Magnus (1976). Le Roman Russe de Eugène Melchior de Vogüé. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell.
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- ^ Biré, Edmond (1890). "Un Académicien d'Aujourd'hui: Le Vicomte Melchior de Vogué." In: Histoire et Littérature. Lyon: Librairie Générale Catholique et Classique, pp. 341–357.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte de Vogüé". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Further reading
- Blaze de Bury, Yetta (1898). "Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé." In: French Literature of Today. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, pp. 133–155.
- Rod, Édouard (1892). "Le Vicomte E.M. de Vogüé." In: Les Idées Morales du Temps Présent. Paris: Perrin, pp. 263–289.
- Seillière, Ernest (1938). "Eugène Melchior de Vogüe et les Problèmes Sociaux du Temps Présent." In: Le Naturalisme de Montaigne et Autres Essais. Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Critique, pp. 135–182.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé.
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- Works by Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé, at Hathi Trust
- Academie Francaise Biography
- "Dostoyevsky and the Religion of Suffering", from Le Roman Russe.
