Charles Magnin
Charles Magnin (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl maɲɛ̃]; 1793 - 1862) was a French writer.
Biography
He received a brilliant education, and in 1813 became assistant in the imperial library, and in 1832 one of the directors of that institution. His theatrical criticisms in Le Globe (1826–1830), his lectures at the Sorbonne (1834–1835) on the origin of the modern stage, and his various writings won for him the praise of Sainte-Beuve, and a seat in the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Magnin also wrote poetry and plays.
Works
His principal works are:
- Origines du théâtre moderne (1838)
- Causeries et méditations (2 vols., 1843)
- Théâtre de Hroswitha (1845, with text and translation)
- Histoire des marionettes (1852).
Notes
Bibliography
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). . The American Cyclopædia.
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- 1793 births
- 1862 deaths
- French theatre critics
- 19th-century French poets
- 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 19th-century French male dramatists and playwrights
- Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
- Writers from Paris
- 19th-century French translators
- 19th-century French male poets
- French male non-fiction writers
- 19th-century French librarians
- 19th-century French male journalists
- 19th-century French journalists
- French non-fiction writer stubs
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