ABSTRACT
Art and literature exhibit such profound historical changes that it is often difficult to find much in common between works in the same medium produced during different eras. Consider, for example, the following excerpts of French poetry: Beneath your fair head, a white delicate neck Inclines and would outshine the brightness of snow. Chénier, “Les Colombes” The violin quivers like an afflicted heart; Melancholy waltz and languid vertigo! Baudelaire, “Harmonie du soir” I love you opposite the seas Red like the egg when it is green Breton, “Tiki”
