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in French, no confessional, and married priests. In 1848, he was an advocate of women's rights and quick divorce. Chaux. See Ledoux, Claude¥Nicolas. Chenier, Andre (1762-1794). French poet; guillotined inParis,July 25, 1794. Considered by some to be the foremost practitioner of classical poetry in France after Racine and Boileau. Chennevieres, Philippe de (1820-1899). Writer, and director of tile Ecole des Beaux­ Arts. Friend of Baudelail'e, who reviewed his collection of short stories, Contes nOTrnandsJ in 1845. Cheret,Jules (1836-1932). French painter and lithographer, noted for his poster designs. Chevalier, Michel (1806-1879). Economist, advocate offree trade, and follower of Saint­ Simon. Co-editor of Le Globe (1830-1832), he was imprisoned with Enfantin in 1832- 1833. Professor at the College de France and councillor of state under Napoleon III. Chevet. Well-known marchand de comestibles in the Palais-Royal. Mentioned by Balzac. Chevrenl, Michel Eugene (1786-1889). Chemist; director of the natural history mu­ semn,Jardin des Plantes (1864-1879). Developed margarine and stearine. Chintreuil, Antoine (1816-1873). Landscape painter whose technical excellence is noted by Baudelaire. Chirico, Giorgio de (1888-1978). Italian painter. One of the founders of Sun-ealism. Chodruc-Duclos (d. 1842). Called by Dumas a "modem Diogenes;' he shows up as an associate of Socrates in a fragmentary drama by Baudelaire (Ideolus). Chrysostom, SaintJohn (345?-407). A Father of the Greek church, born in Antioch. He was appointed bishop of Constantinople (398), later deposed and exiled to Armenia. Author of influential homilies, commentaries, letters. Citroen, Andre (1878-1935). French automobile manufacturer; made munitions during World War I. Mter the war, he devoted his plant to the production of low-priced automobiles. Went bankmpt in 1934. Clade!, Leon (1835-1892). French Symbolist Wl-iter, disciple of Baudelaire. Author of Les Martyrs ndicules (1862; collaboration with Baudelaire), Les Va-nu-pieds (1873), and other novels and tales. Claos, Balthazar. Hero of Balzac's La Recherche de labsolu (1834). Clairville, Lams (1811-1879). PlaYWlight. Wrote or co-autilOred more than 600 stage productions. Claretie,jules (1840-1913).Journalist and author of novels, plays, and literary studies. Director of the Comedie Fran\:aise (1885). Claude!, Paul (1868-1955). Poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Associated with the Symbol­ ist movement. Claudin, Gustave (1823-?). Writer for several Parisian newspapers, beginning in the 1840s. La Closerie des Genets. Play by Frederic Soulie, first perfomled at the Theatre Ambigu in 1846. Cobbett, William (1763-1835). English political journalist. Shifted from attacking to defending political radicalism. Cocteau,Jean (1889-1963). Author and filmmaker. Best known for his film La Belle et la bete (1946) and his play La Machine infimale (1934). Collins, Wi lkie (1824-1889). English novelist; friend of Dickens. Author of 17" Woman in White (1860), The Moonstone (1868), 17" New Magdalen (1873). colportage. System of distributing books by traveling peddlers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in France. From col, "neck," and jJorter, "to carry," reflecting the fact that colporteurs canied their wares on trays suspended from straps around their necks. They disseminated religious and devotional literature) manuals, almanacs, col-

lections of folklore and popular tales, chivalric romances, political and philosophical works in inexpensive formats, and, after 1840, serial novels. In decline by the mid-nine teenth century, due to competiti.on from the poplllaT press. Commune of Paris. Revolutionary government established in PaTis on March 18, 1871, in the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War. It was suppressed by Adolphe Thiers's government in bloody street-fighting that ended May 28, 1871, leaving 20,000 Connnu­ nards dead. Comte de Saint-Leu. Title assumed by Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), brother of Napo­ leon Bonaparte and father of Napoleon III. Conde, Le Grand (1621-1686). Louis II, prince de Conde, a member of the Bourbon family who was a military leader under Louis XIv. Conde, Louis HenriJoseph (1756-1830). Last prince of the Conde fantily, a branch of the house of Bourbon. Wo unded at Gibraltar (1782). It is thought that he colnntitted suicide. Condorcet, marquis de (1743-1794). Philosopher, mathematician, and revolutionary. Advocate of economic freedom, religious toleration, legal and educational reform. Outlawed as a Girondist by Robespierre, he died in prison, Author of Esquisse d'un tableau historique des j}rogres de l'esprit humain (1795). Congress of To urs. Socialist party congress, at the end of 1920, marking a schism be­ tween partisans of the Second International and those of the Third International. Considerant, Vietor (1809-1893). Disciple of Fourier and a leader of the j'ourierists after 183Z Author of Destinee sociale (1834). He tried to establish a phalansterian community near Dallas, Texas (l855-1857). Constant, Benjamin (1767-1830). Franco-Swiss novelist and liberal politician; associate of the Schlegels and Madame de Stae!' Author of Adolj)/Ie (1816). Le Cort.l·timtionnel_ Daily newspaper published in Paris 1815-1870. During the 1840s, it was the organ of moderate Orleanists. Coppee, Franois (1842-1908). Poet, playwright, novelist. A leading member of the Parnassians. Le Corsaire-Satan. Satirical newspaper issued in Paris 1844-1849. Its edit01; Lepoitevin Saint-Ahne, had been a friend of Balzac. It published the work of Baudelaire, Nadar, Banville, Murger, and others of their circle. Courbet, Gustave (1819-1877). Leading French realist painter. Presided over the Com­ mittee of Hne Arts during the Commune (1871). He was imprisoned six months for destroying the column in the Place Ve nd6me, and was condemned (1875) to pay for restoration of the column. Courier, Paul (1772-1825). French writer and political pamphleteer who was murdered. Opponent of the clergy and the Restoration. Cournot, Antoine (1801-1877). Economist and mathematician, who sought to apply the calculus of probabilities to the solution of economic problems. Court of Cassation. Established in 1790 as the highest court of appeals in the French legal system. During the Second Empire, it tended to serve the interests of the bour­ geoisie, who had come to power under Louis Philippe, and thus represented a check on the power of Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann, Cousin Pons. Main character in Balzac's novel Le COl/sin pOJ/s (1847). Cousin, Victor (1792-1867). French philosopher and statesman; leader of the Eclectic schooL Author of PhilOJop/tie de Kallt (1842), omd Histoire generate de la jJhilosojJ/lie (1863). Crepet, Eugene (1827-1892). French man of letters. Edited Baudelaire's Oeuvres posthumes, jJricedeeJ d'une notice biograjlhique (1887).

in French, no confessional, and married priests. In 1848, he was an advocate of<br />

women's rights and quick divorce.<br />

Chaux. See Ledoux, Claude¥Nicolas.<br />

Chenier, Andre (1762-1794). French poet; guillotined inParis,July 25, 1794. Considered<br />

by some to be the foremost practitioner of classical poetry in France after Racine and<br />

Boileau.<br />

Chennevieres, Philippe de (1820-1899). Writer, and director of tile Ecole des Beaux­<br />

Arts. Friend of Baudelail'e, who reviewed his collection of short stories, Contes nOTrnandsJ<br />

in 1845.<br />

Cheret,Jules (1836-1932). French painter and lithographer, noted for his poster designs.<br />

Chevalier, Michel (1806-1879). Economist, advocate offree trade, and follower of Saint­<br />

Simon. Co-editor of Le Globe (1830-1832), he was imprisoned with Enfantin in 1832-<br />

1833. Professor at the College de France and councillor of state under Napoleon III.<br />

Chevet. Well-known marchand de comestibles in the Palais-Royal. Mentioned by Balzac.<br />

Chevrenl, Michel Eugene (1786-1889). Chemist; director of the natural history mu­<br />

semn,Jardin des Plantes (1864-1879). Developed margarine and stearine.<br />

Chintreuil, Antoine (1816-1873). Landscape painter whose technical excellence is noted<br />

by Baudelaire.<br />

Chirico, Giorgio de (1888-1978). Italian painter. One of the founders of Sun-ealism.<br />

Chodruc-Duclos (d. 1842). Called by Dumas a "modem Diogenes;' he shows up as an<br />

associate of Socrates in a fragmentary drama by Baudelaire (Ideolus).<br />

Chrysostom, SaintJohn (345?-407). A Father of the Greek church, born in Antioch. He<br />

was appointed bishop of Constantinople (398), later deposed and exiled to Armenia.<br />

Author of influential homilies, commentaries, letters.<br />

Citroen, Andre (1878-1935). French automobile manufacturer; made munitions during<br />

World War I. Mter the war, he devoted his plant to the production of low-priced<br />

automobiles. Went bankmpt in 1934.<br />

Clade!, Leon (1835-1892). French Symbolist Wl-iter, disciple of Baudelaire. Author of Les<br />

Martyrs ndicules (1862; collaboration with Baudelaire), Les Va-nu-pieds (1873), and<br />

other novels and tales.<br />

Claos, Balthazar. Hero of Balzac's La Recherche de labsolu (1834).<br />

Clairville, Lams (1811-1879). PlaYWlight. Wrote or co-autilOred more than 600 stage<br />

productions.<br />

Claretie,jules (1840-1913).Journalist and author of novels, plays, and literary studies.<br />

Director of the Comedie Fran\:aise (1885).<br />

Claude!, Paul (1868-1955). Poet, dramatist, and diplomat. Associated with the Symbol­<br />

ist movement.<br />

Claudin, Gustave (1823-?). Writer for several Parisian newspapers, beginning in the<br />

1840s.<br />

La Closerie des Genets. Play by Frederic Soulie, first perfomled at the <strong>The</strong>atre Ambigu in<br />

1846.<br />

Cobbett, William (1763-1835). English political journalist. Shifted from attacking to<br />

defending political radicalism.<br />

Cocteau,Jean (1889-1963). Author and filmmaker. Best known for his film La Belle et la<br />

bete (1946) and his play La Machine infimale (1934).<br />

Collins, Wi lkie (1824-1889). English novelist; friend of Dickens. Author of 17" Woman<br />

in White (1860), <strong>The</strong> Moonstone (1868), 17" New Magdalen (1873).<br />

colportage. System of distributing books by traveling peddlers in the eighteenth and<br />

nineteenth centuries in France. From col, "neck," and jJorter, "to carry," reflecting the<br />

fact that colporteurs canied their wares on trays suspended from straps around their<br />

necks. <strong>The</strong>y disseminated religious and devotional literature) manuals, almanacs, col-

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