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Catulle Mendès (1841–1909)
Mendès, Catulle (mo
-des’). A French poet and novelist; born at Bordeaux, May 22, 1841; died at St. Germain, Feb. 7, 1909. His verse is marked by extreme devotion to form; his style has been called the cameo-art in literature. The collection entitled ‘Poésies’ appeared in 1878. In prose he wrote ‘Love’s Follies’ (1877), ‘Parisian Monsters’ (1882); ‘To Read at the Bath’ (1884), etc.; the dramas ‘Captain Fracasse’ (1872); ‘Fiamette’ (1889), etc. His best novels are ‘Grande-Maguet’ (1888); and ‘Rainbow’ (1897). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).