Knowra Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869) was a French Romantic poet, historian, and statesman. In 1848, he helped proclaim the Second French Republic and led its provisional government.
Victor Hugo : Victor Hugo was a French Romantic poet, novelist, and politician. A fellow Romantic writer who, like Lamartine, entered public life during France’s political upheavals.
Méditations poétiques : A 1820 poetry collection by Lamartine that helped establish French Romantic poetry. Its publication made Lamartine famous and introduced the lyric voice associated with his early work.
February Revolution : The 1848 uprising in France that ended the July Monarchy and established the Second Republic. Lamartine emerged as a national leader during the uprising that created the republic.
Romanticism in France : The French cultural movement that emphasized emotion, individual experience, imagination, and historical change. Lamartine’s early poetry helped bring Romanticism to prominence in France.
Alfred de Vigny : Alfred de Vigny was a French Romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist. A major contemporary in the literary movement that established Lamartine’s early reputation.
Le Lac : A poem by Lamartine in which a speaker addresses a lake and mourns lost love and passing time. This celebrated poem distills the memory, grief, and nature central to his lyric poetry.
Second French Republic : The French republican regime that lasted from 1848 to 1852. Lamartine helped proclaim it and served as a leading member of its provisional government.
French Revolution of 1848 : The revolution that overthrew the July Monarchy and began France’s Second Republic. Lamartine’s role in the revolution made him one of its most recognizable republican figures.
Louis-Philippe I : Louis-Philippe I was king of the French from 1830 until the February Revolution of 1848. Lamartine opposed the monarchy whose overthrow opened his path to national leadership.
Histoire des Girondins : Lamartine’s 1847 history of the Girondins, a moderate faction of the French Revolution. The work’s popular account of revolutionary politics helped prepare the public for Lamartine’s republican leadership.
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