Seventeenth-century French writers / edited by Françoise Jaouën.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Detroit, MI : Gale Group, ©2003.
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xix, 489 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

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    Series
    Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 268. [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Essays on French writers of the seventeenth-century, or Classical century. What best defines the literature of this period are political order and the growing awareness of literature as a separate domain in need of rules and regulations. Discusses the political turmoil during this period as well as the Reformation and the Counter Reformation encouraging research on ancient tests, methods of research, and the standardization of the French language.
    Notes
    "A Bruccoli Clark Layman book."
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Antoine Arnauld (1612-1694)
    • Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, comtesse d'Aulnoy (1650 or 1651-1705)
    • Guez de Balzac (1597?-1654)
    • Pierre Bayle (1644-1706)
    • Catherine Bernard (1663?-1712)
    • Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711)
    • Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
    • Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702)
    • Jean-Pierre Camus (1584-1652)
    • Jean Chapelain (1595-1674)
    • Pierre Corneille (1606-1684)
    • Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655)
    • René Descartes (1596-1650)
    • François de Salignac de la Mothe-Fénelon (1651-1715)
    • Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
    • Antoine Furetière (1619-1688)
    • Marin Le Roy, sieur de Gomberville (1600?-1674)
    • Alexandre Hardy (1572?-1632)
    • Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696)
    • La Calprenède (1609?-1663)
    • Marie-Madeleine, comtesse de Lafayette (1634-1693)
    • Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
    • François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588-1672)
    • François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
    • Molière (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673)
    • Pierre Nicole (1625-1695)
    • Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
    • Charles Perrault (1628-1703)
    • Philippe Quinault (1635-1688)
    • Jean Racine (1639-1699)
    • Jean-François-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1613-1679)
    • Jean Rotrou (1609-1650)
    • Madeleine de Scudéry (1607-1701)
    • Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Madame de Sévigné (1626-1696)
    • Charles Sorel (circa 1600-1674)
    • Honoré d'Urfé (1567-1625)
    • Claude Fabre de Vaugelas (1585-1650)
    • Madame de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins) (1640?-1683).
    Other title(s)
    17th-century French writers
    ISBN
    • 0787660124
    • 9780787660123
    LCCN
    2002032524
    OCLC
    50630558
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