hostile critic as a hymn in praise of suicide Le Capitaine Fracasse (1878), libretto of a light opera, based on Théophile Gautier's novel Gwendoline (1886) and Briséïs (1897), for the music of Chabrier La Femme de Tabarin (1887) Isoline (1888), for the music of Messager Médée (1898), in three acts and in verse La Reine Fiammette (1898), a conte dramatique in six acts and in verse, set in Renaissance Italy, later set to music by Xavier Leroux, for which see: La reine Fiammette Le Cygne (1899), for the music of Lecocq La Carmélite (1902), for the music of Reynaldo Hahn Le Fils de l'étoile (1904), the hero of which is Bar Kokhba, the Syrian pseudo-Messiah, for the music of Camille Erlanger Scarron (1905) Ariane (1906) and Bacchus (1909), for the music of Massenet Glatigny (1906) La Vierge d'Avila (1906), for Sarah Bernhardt In the same year, Catulle Mendes wrote in Le Figaro that it was after reading the book of Gobineau "Les Religions et les Philosophies dans d´Asie centrale" that he had the idea to write a drama about the first woman disciple of the Báb: the persan erudite and illustrious poet Tahéreh (Táhirih) Critical works Richard Wagner (1886) L'Art au théâtre (3 vols; 1896–1900), a series of dramatic criticisms reprinted from newspapers A report addressed to the minister of public instruction and of the fine arts on Le Mouvement poétique francais de 1867 à 1900 (new ed., 1903), which includes a bibliographical and critical dictionary of the French poets of the 19th century. Novels Zo'har (1886), a story of incest in which the woman is virile and the man is feeble Le Roi vierge (1880) in which he introduces Louis II of Bavaria and Richard Wagner L'Homme tout nu (1887) Méphistophéla(1890) La Maison de la vielle (1894) Gog (1897) Documents L'Évangile de la jeunesse de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ d'apres S. Pierre Mis En Francais Par Catulle Mendès Apres Le Manucrit De L'Abbaye De Saint Wolfgang'' (1894). Presented as a lost Latin document from the abbey of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut, with a translation from Mendès to French, although considered a literary forgery entirely written by Mendès by most. Books in English References External links Wagnerian Discord Echoed, The New York Times, June 10, 1894 Web site in Spanish of Catulle Mendès 1841 births 1909 deaths Writers from Bordeaux 19th-century French Sephardi Jews 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists