Jules-Amédée Barbey d’Aurevilly…Sainte-Beuve as literary critic for Le Constitutionnel, and on Sainte-Beuve’s death in 1869 he became sole critic. His reputation grew, and he came to be known as le Connétable des Lettres (“The Constable of Literature”). Though he was often arbitrary, vehement, and intensely personal in his criticism, especially of Émile……Sainte-Beuve as literary critic for Le Constitutionnel, and on Sainte-Beuve’s death in 1869 he became sole critic. His reputation grew, and he came to be known as le Connétable des Lettres (“The Constable of Literature”). Though he was often arbitrary, vehement, and intensely personal in his criticism, especially of Émile…
Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveThe Causeries du lundi period of Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve…Véron, editor of the newspaper Le Constitutionnel, to write a weekly article or essay on current literary topics, to appear every Monday. This was the start of the famous collection of studies that Sainte-Beuve named Causeries du lundi (“Monday Chats”), after their day of publication. These critical and biographical essays……Véron, editor of the newspaper Le Constitutionnel, to write a weekly article or essay on current literary topics, to appear every Monday. This was the start of the famous collection of studies that Sainte-Beuve named Causeries du lundi (“Monday Chats”), after their day of publication. These critical and biographical essays…