Adoré Floupette
Encyclopedia
Adoré Floupette is the collective pseudonym
of French authors Henri Beauclair
and Gabriel Vicaire used for their 1885
literary spoof titled Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette, a collection of poems satirising French symbolism
and the Decadent movement
.
The Australian author David Brooks
argued in his 2011 book, The Sons of Clovis, that the Ern Malley
hoax was modelled on this work.
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
of French authors Henri Beauclair
Henri Beauclair
Henri Eugène Amédée Beauclair was a French poet, novelist, and journalist. He was the chief editor of the daily newspaper Le Petit Journal from 1906 to 1914...
and Gabriel Vicaire used for their 1885
1885 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Canada:* Frederick George Scott, Justin and Other Poems. Published at author's expense.-United Kingdom:...
literary spoof titled Les Déliquescences d'Adoré Floupette, a collection of poems satirising French symbolism
Symbolism (arts)
Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
and the Decadent movement
Decadent movement
The Decadent movement was a late 19th century artistic and literary movement of Western Europe. It flourished in France, but also had devotees in England and throughout Europe, as well as in the United States.-Overview:...
.
The Australian author David Brooks
David Brooks (author)
David Gordon Brooks is an Australian author.He graduated from the Australian National University in 1974. He married Alison Summers in 1975. Brooks and Summers then studied abroad and received their M.A. degrees from the University of Toronto...
argued in his 2011 book, The Sons of Clovis, that the Ern Malley
Ern Malley
Ernest Lalor "Ern" Malley was a fictitious poet and the central figure in Australia's most celebrated literary hoax. The poet, and his entire body of work, were created in one day in 1944 by writers James McAuley and Harold Stewart as a hoax on Max Harris, Angry Penguins, the modernist magazine he...
hoax was modelled on this work.