Title: Six masters in disillusion
Subjects: French literature, History, History and criticism, Pessimism, Religion and literature, Pessimism in literature
People: Anatole France (1844-1924), Ferdinand Fabre (1827-1898), Ferdinand Fabre (1830-1898), Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757), J.-K Huysmans (1848-1907), Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870)
Time periods: 19th century