Un hollandais à Paris en 1891: Sensations de littérature et d'art

A thoughtful Dutch scholar arrives in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, eager to map the city’s literary heartbeat. Through his keen eyes we wander from the bustling cafés of the Latin Quarter to the smoky cabarets where poets and performers trade witty repartee, each venue a micro‑cosm of the era’s restless creativity.

He blends rigorous philology with the exuberant spirit of the streets, noting how the works of Villon, Baudelaire and Whitman echo in lively conversations over coffee and absinthe. The narrative captures the flicker of ideas that pulse through salons, the hum of theater rehearsals, and the sudden inspiration that strikes when a chanson‑singer’s raw verses rise above the clatter.

In this vivid portrait, the author sketches not only the architecture of Parisian life but also the inner landscape of a mind that embraces both scholarly exactitude and the joyous, improvisational art of the city.