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Paris, France. Occupation. Writer. Nationality. French. Louis-Sébastien Mercier (6 June 1740 – 25 April 1814) was a French dramatist and writer, whose 1771 novel L'An 2440 is an example of proto-science fiction.
Apr 21, 2024 · Louis-Sébastien Mercier (born June 6, 1740, Paris, France—died April 25, 1814, Paris) was one of the first French writers of drame bourgeois (middle-class drama). In Du théâtre (1773; “About the Theatre”), he emphasized the didactic function of the theatre , and in his plays he presented a thesis, subordinating dramatic considerations ...
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Louis-Sébastien Mercier, né le 6 juin 1740 à Paris et mort dans la même ville le 25 avril 1814, est un écrivain français du mouvement des Lumières, à la fois romancier, dramaturge, essayiste, philosophe, critique littéraire et journaliste.
Sep 18, 2023 · Posted on September 18, 2023 by Nicole Chancey. In his new book, Louis Sébastien Mercier: Revolution and Reform in Eighteenth-Century Paris, Michael J. Mulryan examines French playwright, novelist, activist, and journalist Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814), who passionately captured scenes of social injustice in pre-Revolutionary Paris.
Mercier, Louis-Sébastien. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1740-1814) French playwright and author best known for his sixty or more plays and for his anecdotal journalism; he was active in the French Revolution, being imprisoned during the Terror.
Louis-Sébastien Mercier, L'An deux mille quatre cent quarante (The Year 2440), vol. II, Paris, Lepetit Jeune et Gerard, 1802. It was first translated to English 1772 by William Hooper, and was the first utopia published in the United States: Thomas Jefferson and George Washington owned the first edition.
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Sep 15, 2023 · A book by Michael J. Mulryan that explores the urban chronicles of the French writer and activist Louis Sébastien Mercier (1740–1814). It analyzes his representation of social injustice, reform, and festive space in pre- and post-Revolutionary Paris.
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