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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark H-71.3 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Victor Hugo, [Impératrice] « Si j’étais femme (Hélas ! que je vous plains, ô mères !... ) », autograph |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 3 ff. · 21 x 30 cm · [Brussels ?] · October 11, 1869 |
| Language: |
Language
French |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary This unsigned poem by Victor Hugo opens with the lines „Si j’étais femme (Hélas ! que je vous plains, ô mères ! …);“ it remained unpublished until 2009. Hugo himself crossed out the original title „Impératrice“ for being too obvious. The text is addressed to the wife of Napoleon III, Eugenia de Montijo, whom Hugo reproaches for her „bigoterie“ (3r) and her „signe de croix grotesque à l’espagnole“ (1r). Thus he extends to the spouse the criticism of Napoleon III that he had already presented in the Châtiments. The date of October 11, 1869, in Hugo’s own handwriting, suggests that the text was created in Brussels, where Hugo lived in exile since the coup of December 2, 1851. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Hugo-H-071-003 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Hugo-H-071-003) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/fmb/ms-Hugo-H-071-003 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch./metadata/iiif/fmb-ms-Hugo-H-071-003/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, H-71.3: Victor Hugo, [Impératrice] « Si j’étais femme (Hélas ! que je vous plains, ô mères !... ) », autograph (https://e-codices.unifr.ch./en/list/one/fmb/ms-Hugo-H-071-003). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 12/17/2015 |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Autograph |
| Century: |
Century
19th century |
| Dated: |
Dated
1869 |
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