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Prevost, Pierre (1764-1823). French painter.
Prival d'Anglemont, Alexandre (1815-1859). Bohemian man of letters who collabo­
rated widl Baudelaire on Mystl:ns galants de theatre de Paris, and wrote for Le Siecle and
other jounlals. Author of Paris inconnu (1861).
Protot, Eugene (1839-1921). Lawyer and journalist. Blanquist, and member of the Paris
Commune, Later attacked Engels and other Marxists.
Proudhon, Pierre;Joseph (1809-1865). Political thinker, regarded as the father of aum'­
chism. Advocated a localized mutualist world federation to be achieved through economic
action rather than violent revolution. Author of Qy'est-ce que la proprzlte. (1840)
and other works .
Prudhomme, Rene. See Sully Prudhomme, Rene.
Przybyszewski, Stanislaw (1868-1927). Polish writer influenced by Nietzsche. Author
of essays, novels, prose poems, and plays.
Pyat, FeIix (1810-1889). French playwright and politician. A leader of the Pm-is Commune
and a Revolutionary Socialist member of the Chamber of Deputies in 1888,
Qyinet, Edgar (1803-1875). French writer and politician, associate of Jules MicheIet.
Hailed the 1848 revolution; in exile 1852-1870. Author of the epic poems Napoleon
(1836) and PromdMe (1838), and of the prose poem Altasverus (1833), in which the
figure of the Wandering Jew symbolizes the progress of humanity.
Rachel. Stage nmne of Elisa Felix (1820-1858), French actress fmned for her roles as
Phecire, Lucrece, Cleopatra. Died of tuberculosis.
Raffet, Denis (1804-1860). French illustrator. Classmate ofDaumier. Best known for his
lithographs of bat de scenes.
Ragaz. Spa in the Rhine VaHey near Chur, Switzerland.
Raphael, Max (1889-1952). French art historian; student of Georg Sinnnel and Heinrich
W6 lffiin. Lived in Paris 1932-1939.
Rastignac, Eugene. Character in Pere Coriol (1834) and other novels by Balzac.
Ratapoil (" Hairy Rat"). Character created by Daumier in 1850 as a personification of
militarism; he resembled Louis Napoleon.
Rattier, Paul Ernest de. Author of the utopian prose work Pans n xiste pas (1857).
Red Belt. Name for the suburbs immediately surrounding Paris proper in the later
nineteenth century. Populated by many of the working class who were dislocated by
Haussmaml's urban renewal.
Redem, Sigismond, comte de (1755-1835). Prussian Ambassador to Englaud who
formed a business partnership in 1790 with Saint-Simon, vvith whom he shared an
enthusiasm for science and social rdonn. 'Ine partnership was dissolved in 1797, but
Redern later helped support Saint-Simon (1807-1811).
Redon, Odllon (1840-1916). French painter and engraver, identified with the post-Im­
pressionist school. Famous for paintings of flowers.
La Riff orme. Daily newspaper published in Paris (1843-1850) by republican democrats
and socialists.
Reinach, Salomon (1858-1932). French archaeologist, director of the Musce de Saint­
Gennain. Author of Orpheus: Histoire generate des rellg>ons (1909) and other works.
ReUstab, Ludwig (1799-1860). Novelist, poet, and music critic for the Prussian VoJS1:rc!lC
Zeitung. Author of Pan:r im Fro"ja"r 1843 (1844).
Renan, Ernest (1823-1892). French philologist and historian. Author of De {'Origine du
{"ngage (1858), La Vie de Jesus (1863).
Rene. Novel by Chateaubriand (1802).
Renouvier, Charles (1815-1903). Idealist philosopher. Author of Le Per.ronnal1:rme (1902)
and other works.