Edmond de Goncourt

Barbara Giraud (Oxford Brookes University)

Ed. by Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.05: French Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth-Century , 1800-1900.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Nigel Harkness (University of Newcastle upon Tyne), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford)

Dates

Born 26 May 1822
Died 16 Jul 1896
Activity 1842-1896

Places

Born in France
Active in France

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Novelist

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This article treats both of the Goncourt brothers and is published twice, once under each brother's name.

Edmond and Jules de Goncourt were not only writers who initiated the Naturalist movement in nineteenth-century France, but also historians, painters and collectors who dedicated their lives to Art. Their Journal de la vie littéraire [Journal of Literary Life] (1851-1896), considered to be their major creation, gives one of the most comprehensive overviews of cultural life in France during the second half of the century.

The Goncourts' aristocratic background came from their great-grand-father, Antoine Huot, Councillor of the King, who on 4 September 1786 bought t…

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Citation: Giraud, Barbara. "Edmond de Goncourt". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 December 2006 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=1798, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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