Vigny

[ vee-nyee ]

/ viˈnyi /

noun

Al·fred Vic·tor de

[al-fred veek-tawr duh] /alˈfrɛd vikˈtɔr də/,1797–1863, French poet, novelist, and dramatist.

Example sentences from the Web for vigny

This is, it seems, like a Vigny made tender and consenting to the humility of a melancholy quite simple and stripped of scarves.

The Book of Masks |Remy de Gourmont
The influence on poetical form of Lamartine, Vigny, Musset, was of minor importance.

A History of French Literature |Edward Dowden
But this of course affects literature hardly at all; and Vigny had a perfect right to use the accepted version.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 |George Saintsbury
Wealth and versatility of imagination were not Vigny's gifts.

A History of French Literature |Edward Dowden

Vigny married an English wife, knew something of England, and a good deal of English literature.

A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 |George Saintsbury

British Dictionary definitions for vigny

Vigny

/ (French viɲi) /

noun

Alfred Victor de (alfrɛd viktɔr də). 1797–1863, French romantic poet, novelist, and dramatist, noted for his pessimistic lyric verse Poèmes antiques et modernes (1826) and Les Destinées (1864), the novel Cinq-Mars (1826), and the play Chatterton (1835)

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