Gide
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- proper noun
- /ɡid/
- Shelley, like Gide, connects beauty to technology and classical form.
- André Gide
- André Gide
- Gide's Corydon
Examples
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Lafcadio, the hero of Andre Gide's 1914 Les Caves du Vatican (Lafcadio's Adventures), rejects writing out of hand.
Academic text (1992) -
I had been reading a little book on the politics of Andre Gide, and now intended to return to it.
Fiction book (1990) -
The story is another version of the Gide/Madeleine relationship.
Academic text (1990) -
Nor has any of them discussed Gide's apologia at any length.
Academic text (1990) -
In his 1893 journal, Gide evoked the process in these terms:
Academic text (1992) -
Tournier seems to follow Gide's advice in the Journal.
Academic text (1992) -
Emory talked about reading Andre Gide's The Immoralist.
Fiction book (2002) -
"L'Immoraliste" (1901) follows the events of Gide's early life quite closely.
Academic text (1990) -
One of the threads in this cloth is Andre Gide's renowned 1925 journey to central Africa.
Academic text (2001) -
One of the threads in this cloth is Andre Gide's renowned 1925 journey to central Africa.
Synonyms
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French writer and playwright who helped create modern French literature
A French author and playwright known for exploring ideas about right and wrong and the importance of the individual
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gide is a French family name. A helpful way to remember the writer André Gide is to think of him as a guide who showed readers new ideas, which fits his role in modern French literature.