Author:Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier
(1811–1872)

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier

Works

Poetry

• Early Verse — Premières Poésies (1832)
  • The Middle Ages, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Moyen-âge
  • The Marsh, translated by Robert Sanderson — Le Marais
  • The Dragon-fly, translated by Robert Sanderson — La Demoiselle
  • The Captive Bird, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — L’Oiseau captif
  • On a Thought of Wordsworth's, translated by F. C. de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Un Vers de Wordsworth
• Albertus, or The Soul and Sin, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Albertus, ou l’Âme et le péché (1832)
• The Comedy of Death — La Comédie de la Mort (1838)
  • The Portal, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Portail
  • The Comedy of Death, translated by F. C. de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — La Comedie de la Mort
  • The Doves, translated by Robert Sanderson — Les Colombes
  • Caryatides, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Cariatides
  • The Chimera, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — La Chimère
  • The Encounter, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Choc de cavaliers
  • The Pot of Flowers, translated by Robert Sanderson — Le Pot de fleurs
  • Versailles, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Versailles
  • Love at Sea, translated by Algernon Charles Swinburne — Barcarolle
  • Barcarolle, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Barcarolle
  • Prayer, translated by Robert Sanderson — Prière
• España (1845)
  • The Escorial, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — L’Escurial
  • A King's Solitude, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Le Roi solitaire
  • On the Sierra, translated by Dean Carrington — Dans la Sierra
  • The Poet and the Crowd, translated by Robert Sanderson — Le Poète et la Foule
  • The Laurel in the Generalife Garden, translated by F. C. de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Le Laurier du Generalife
  • Farewell to Poetry, translated by F. C. de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Adieux à la Poésie
• Enamels and Cameos — Émaux et Camées (1872)
  • Enamels and Cameos, translated in the entirety by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee
  • The First Smile of Spring, translated by Robert Sanderson — Premier Sourire du Printemps
  • The Old Guard, translated by Robert Sanderson — Vieux de la vieille
  • "La Source" in Littell's Living Age, 154 (1996), translated by G. Christie — La Source
  • Ars Victrix, translated by Henry Austin Dobson — L’Art
• Other Poems
  • The Tulip, translated by Frederic Cesar de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — La Tulipe (1839)
  • Touch Not the Marble, translated by F. C. de Sumichrast and Agnes Lee — Ne touchez pas aux Marbres (1867)
• "Song," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (p. 180), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)
• "Chinoiserie," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (p. 181), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)
• "The Doves," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (p. 182), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)
• "Christmas," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (p. 183), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)
• "What the Swallows Say," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (pp. 184−186), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)
• "The Chimney Corner," in A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields (p. 187), London: C. Kegan Paul & Co. (1876)

Novels

• Mademoiselle de Maupin — Mademoiselle de Maupin (1834)
• Fortunio — Fortunio (1837)
• The Romance of a Mummy — Le Roman de la Momie (1857)
• Captain Fracasse — Le Capitaine Fracasse (1863)
• Spirite, a.k.a. Stronger Than Death — Spirite (1866)

Short Stories and Novellas

• The Coffee Pot — La Cafetière (1831)
• Les Jeunes-France (1833)
• Omphale: A Rococo Story — Omphale (1834)
• Clarimonde, a.k.a. The Beautiful Vampire, The Dead Leman, The Vampire — La Morte amoureuse (1836)
• One of Cleopatra’s Nights — Une Nuit de Cléopâtre (1838)
• The Fleece of Gold — La Toison d’or (1839)
• Le Chevalier double (1840)
• The Mummy's Foot — Le Pied de momie (1840) translated by Lafcadio Hearn
• "The Thousand and Second Night", transl. by E. P. Robins in Tales of To-day and Other Days, 1891 (Fr: "La mille et deuxième nuit", 1842)
• King Candaules, a.k.a. The Wife of King Candaules — Le Roi Candaule (1844)
• Jack and Jill — Jean et Jeanette (1850)
• Arria Marcella — Arria Marcella (1852)
• Avatar — Avatar (1856)
• Jettatura, a.k.a. The Evil Eye — Jettatura (1856)

Journalism, Travels, and Memoirs

• Travels in Spain, a.k.a. Wanderings in Spain, Tra los montes — Voyage en Espagne (1843)
• The Hashish-Eaters’ Club — Le Club des hachichins (1846)
• Travels in Italy — Italia (1852)
• Constantinople translated by Robert de Tracy Gould— Constantinople (1853)
• Honoré de Balzac (1859)
• Travels in Russia — Voyage en Russie (1867)
• My Private Menagerie, a.k.a. My Household of Pets — Ménagerie intime (1869) (transcription project)
• Paris Besieged — Tableaux de siège (1872)
• A History of Romanticism — L’Histoire du Romantisme (1874)
• "Leonardo da Vinci" excerpt from Guide de l'amateur au Musée du Louvre (Paris, 1882)

Plays

• Une Larme du diable (1839)
• Un Voyage en Espagne (1843)
• The Magic Hat — Le Tricorne enchanté (1845)
• La Fausse Conversion (1846)
• Pierrot en Espagne (1847)
• Pierrot Posthume (1847)
• Regardez mais ne touchez pas [collaborator] (1847)

Ballets

• Giselle (1841)
• La péri (1843)

Works about Gautier

• "Ode to Gautier" in Littell's Living Age, 144 (1863) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
• Théophile Gautier, essay by Henry James
• "Gautier, Théophile," by George Saintsbury in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)