Talk:Remy de Gourmont

Untitled
The title is incorrect. There is no accent on Remy. See the French version of the page, which is correct. Ezra Pound added the accent by mistake when translating Remy's work and English-speakers have copied him ever since.


 * Good enough; will move it. I always remember it that way, and it sticks in the mind.  I tend to oppose non-English characters appearing in article titles on the English Wikipedia in any case. - Smerdis of Tlön 19:48, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Then the accentless form should be the main entry. It's confusing to search on Remy de Gourmont, get the article with the accented title and a redirect notice, and then be told the accentless form is correct. Languagehat (talk) 14:41, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Lupus
I tried to track down exactly what disease Remy de Gourmont had for the article on Natalie Clifford Barney. The only sources I could find that didn't just say "lupus" were French-language and said "lupus tuberculeux". I think this must be lupus vulgaris, i.e. tuberculosis of the skin -- which makes more sense because it's actually a disfiguring disease. If so, the phrase "a form of lupus" is a bit misleading, since the word lupus is usually used as a short form of systemic lupus erythematosus, and lupus vulgaris has nothing in common with it but the name.

I went ahead and added this with a source; please correct if I'm wrong about the translation (anyone have a French-English medical dictionary?) or if there is a better source.  &mdash;Cel ithemis  22:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

The accent mark is still in the title. I don't know how to get rid of it. --76.14.65.190 (talk) 00:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hope this helps: 'The disease which began to cast its blight upon Gourmont's features in 1891 was known at the time as "tubercular lupus." As that name implies, it was widely--but incorrectly-- assumed to be a species of tuberculosis. It is nowadays known as "discoid lupus erythematosus," and is generally thought to be caused by a virus, but even the modern pharmacopoeia has little to offer by way of effective treatment. The disease is not fatal, nor even particularly debilitating in cases in which it does not develop into the far more serious systematic lupus erythematosus, which affects the other organs of the body.' - Brian Stableford 'Glorious Perversity' (Wildside Press, 2006), p. 88. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.76.8.33 (talk) 00:44, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Gourmont, Huysmans, and spelling.
I don't think Le Latin mystique wasn't dedicated to anyone, but Huysmans did write the preface. This actually ended their 'literary alliance' as Huysmans used it as an opportunity to expound his religious beliefs (Gourmont was vehemently anticlerical despite his love of sacred art and literature). The preface was removed from later editions because of this. Also, I believe Gourmont dropped the accent from Rémy himself when he began writing. To be safe, I'd remove 'incorrect' and change it to 'the alternate spelling, Rémy, was used by Pound, etc.' Great article, keep it up.