LITERATURE - BRUNETIERE Ferdinand (1849 - 1906) - Autograph letter signed

Professor at the Sorbonne. Director of the Revue des Deux Mondes. He fought against both "impressionist" criticism and naturalist aesthetics. He was a member of the Dictionary Commission. He was elected to the Académie française in 1893.
Autograph letter signed 5 June 1897: "J'ai cru devoir faire pour Ste Beuve ce que toutes sortes de raisons m'empêchent de faire pour le monument de Baudelaire ou pour celui de Verlaine...".