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 | | Early 20th-century poets, like Emile Verhaeren, Jean Moréas, and Henri de Régnier, all initially embraced Symbolism, then abandoned it, Verhaeren for a violent lyricism that is almost Romantic, Moréas and Régnier for Classical forms and themes. |
 | | His own output is very small, but his influence is seen in dramatists like Jean Genet: in Les Bonnes (1947; The Maids, 1954) and Le Balcon (1960; The Balcony, produced earlier than the French version, in 1957), cruelty enshrined in ritual and masquerade, as advocated by Artaud, evokes a visceral response in the spectator. |
 | | These are but examples of a rich and varied genre, to which should be added the name of Georges Simenon, a master of the psychological detective novel, and a writer of straight fiction with an acute perception of human nature. |
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