Leconte de Lisle or Nostalgia for origins

This article intends to show the cohesiveness of the apparently impersonal and heterogeneous work of the Creole Leconte de Lisle, which would appear to be both a quest for the origins of the universe and an attempt at personal reconstruction, at the opposite extreme from sectarianism and confinement. An authentic poet nostalgic for Reunion, he aims to synthesize both the quintessence and the substratum of a primitive beauty where everyone can be comforted when confronted with "the horror of being a man".