WorkAlfred de Vigny

Chatterton

Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863)

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Documented 1839

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  • 1839Chatterton (drama)Attested

    “He has also written a drama called Chatterton, inferior to the story here”

    Mem-2 Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli · Sept. 1839

    Same continuing journal discussion of the de Vigny volume she read through.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist1record
V. New York
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
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Notes on Balzac, George Sand, De Vigny, and Béranger

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“He has also written a drama, called Chatterton, inferior to the story here, The "marvellous boy" seems to have captivated his imagination marvellously.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Balzac, George Sand, De Vigny, and Béranger." Houghton Library, Harvard University.