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Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot

by Aloysius Bertrand

"Gaspard de la nuit: Fantaisies à la manière de Rembrandt et de Callot" by Bertrand is a collection of prose poems published posthumously in 1842. This pioneering work presents sixty-six dark, atmospheric tableaux blending romantic and gothic elements with painterly technique. Drawing inspiration from Rembrandt and Callot, Bertrand conjures a fantastical medieval world populated by gnomes, sylphs, demons, and the recurring figure of Scarbo, a menacing dwarf. These strange visions influenced later Symbolist and Surrealist poets, and inspired Maurice Ravel's celebrated piano suite.

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