1780-1844.
Promoted the romantic movement by his personal contact with the group
of young writers that he drew around him more than by what he himself
wrote. He was one of those who felt and transmitted the influence of
Germany. He is better known by his stories than by his verse.
Works : _Essais d'un jeune barde_, 1804 ; _Poésies diverses_, 1827.
For reference : Mme. Mennessier-Nodier, _Charles Nodier, épisodes et
souvenirs de sa vie_, 1867 ; Sainte-Beuve, _Portraits littéraires_,
vol. i.