JOSEPH ALPHONSE ESMENARD
\d͡ʒˈə͡ʊsəf ˈalphɒns ˈɛsmənˌɑːd], \dʒˈəʊsəf ˈalphɒns ˈɛsmənˌɑːd], \dʒ_ˈəʊ_s_ə_f ˈa_l_p_h_ɒ_n_s ˈɛ_s_m_ə_n_ˌɑː_d]\
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A French poet (1770-1811). He spent years in foreign countries and at sea during the Revolution; returning, Napoleon made him theatrical censor. His best work is a didactic poem, "Navigation" (1805); other noteworthy ones are: an ode, "The Oracle of the Janiculum", in honor of Napoleon's marriage; a collection of Bonapartist poems and ballads, "Napoleon's Poetic Crown"; two operas, "The Triumph of Trajan" and "Hernan Cortes".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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