[10]Mamamouchiis a character in Molière's play,le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, a dignitary whose sense of office is so strongly imbedded in him that he always enters shouting, "Je suis Mamamouchi!"
[10]Mamamouchiis a character in Molière's play,le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, a dignitary whose sense of office is so strongly imbedded in him that he always enters shouting, "Je suis Mamamouchi!"
[11]François Coppée, this sentimental nineteenth century poet was amazingly popular, and truly French in his weaknesses, like the music of Massenet. Apollinaire takes grave liberties with him, out of sheer mischief.
[11]François Coppée, this sentimental nineteenth century poet was amazingly popular, and truly French in his weaknesses, like the music of Massenet. Apollinaire takes grave liberties with him, out of sheer mischief.
[12]Archipel, archipelago, used in the sense ofpapier buvard(!)blotting paper!The disciples of Mallarmé went even farther than this.
[12]Archipel, archipelago, used in the sense ofpapier buvard(!)blotting paper!The disciples of Mallarmé went even farther than this.
[13]Tychobrahé, Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer (1546-1601). Although lord of a province in Scania, he took refuge in a monastery where he pursued his scientific researches. He settled in Prague, at the invitation of Emperor Rudolf II, and died there. Whether he ever really visited the monastery at Brünn is hard to judge.
[13]Tychobrahé, Tycho Brahe, the Danish astronomer (1546-1601). Although lord of a province in Scania, he took refuge in a monastery where he pursued his scientific researches. He settled in Prague, at the invitation of Emperor Rudolf II, and died there. Whether he ever really visited the monastery at Brünn is hard to judge.
[14]The number of prizes given for poetry and for other forms of literature has reached an even more disquieting figure since the war. Great publicity attends each award, and the publishers vie with each other in establishing such prizes. However, the lot of the true poet is as hard as ever, since it has become distinctly unfashionable to be the recipient of a prize.
[14]The number of prizes given for poetry and for other forms of literature has reached an even more disquieting figure since the war. Great publicity attends each award, and the publishers vie with each other in establishing such prizes. However, the lot of the true poet is as hard as ever, since it has become distinctly unfashionable to be the recipient of a prize.
[15]Paul Fort, Prince of Poets, he, of the broad-brimmed black hat, and the flowing scarf, frequented theClosérie des Lilas, with his band, whereas his avowed enemy, Apollinaire, and his far more disreputable cronies quartered themselves in the Café Rotonde, a short distance east along the Boulevard Montparnasse.
[15]Paul Fort, Prince of Poets, he, of the broad-brimmed black hat, and the flowing scarf, frequented theClosérie des Lilas, with his band, whereas his avowed enemy, Apollinaire, and his far more disreputable cronies quartered themselves in the Café Rotonde, a short distance east along the Boulevard Montparnasse.