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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ( French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau ( UK: / ˈbwʌloʊ /, [1] US: / bwɑːˈloʊ, ˈbwɑːloʊ / [2] [3] ), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose.
- Poet, critic
- 1 November 1636, Paris, Kingdom of France
Apr 17, 2024 · Nicolas Boileau (born November 1, 1636, Paris, France—died March 13, 1711, Paris) was a poet and leading literary critic in his day, known for his influence in upholding Classical standards in both French and English literature. He was the son of a government official who had started life as a clerk.
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May 29, 2018 · BOILEAU-DESPRÉAUX, NICOLAS (1636 – 1711), French satirist, poet and poetic theoretician. Nicolas Boileau-Despr é aux was the fifteenth child of a Parisian government scribe and the younger brother of Gilles Boileau (1631 – 1669), also a poet (the family possession of Despr é aux was often added to Nicolas's name to distinguish him from ...
Nicolas Boileau sieur Despréaux, également nommé Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, né le 1er novembre 1636 à Paris et mort le 13 mars 1711 dans la même ville, est un homme de lettres français du Grand Siècle. Poète, traducteur, polémiste et théoricien de la littérature, il fut considéré de son temps et pendant les deux siècles suivants ...
Dec 8, 2017 · Categories: Literature. The French poet, satirist, and critic Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711) had a pervasive influence not only on French letters (of the old-fashioned kind) but also on English and German poets and critics. His L’Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry), first published in 1674, was translated into English by John Dryden.
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BOILEAU, NICOLAS (1636–1711) Nicolas Boileau, also known as Boileau-Despréaux, has retrospectively been raised to the rank of emblematic figure of French classicism. He has been described as the "lawgiver of Parnassus" (a reference to his being an arbiter of taste), the champion of poetic rationalism, and a chief apologist for the ancients ...
Biography. Born in Paris in 1636, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (bwah-loh day-pray-oh), the fifteenth child of a Parliament clerk, was left motherless at two years of age. He was educated at the ...
