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Gide

Gide

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A French writer and playwright important to modern literature
  • proper noun
  • /ɡid/
: André Gide
  • Shelley, like Gide, connects beauty to technology and classical form.
  • André Gide
  • André Gide
  • Gide's Corydon

Examples

  • 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

Andre Gide
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French writer and playwright who helped create modern French literature

describes general influence without stressing early pioneering status in literature

A French author and playwright known for exploring ideas about right and wrong and the importance of the individual

is presented as influential but without emphasizing celebrated status or moral themes

Surface Forms

Gide main

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.