Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK: /ˈbwʌloʊ/, US: /bwɑːˈloʊ...

John Theophilus Boileau (1805–1886), British army engineer Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711), 17th century French writer Places Boileau, Quebec, Canada...

Finally, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux became the theorizer of poetic classicism: his "Art poétique" (1674) praised reason and logic (Boileau elevated Malherbe...

epic poem about Joan of Arc, Perrault became a target of mockery from Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux.[citation needed] Charles Perrault died in Paris on 16 May...

Moderns opposes two distinct currents: The Ancients (Anciens), led by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, say that literary creation has its roots in the fair appreciation...

aesthetics is usually attributed to its translation into French by linguist Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux in 1674. Later the treatise was translated into English by...

Arc called "La Pucelle," (1656) was lampooned by his contemporary Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. Chapelain was born in Paris. His father wanted him to become...

Gilles Boileau (22 October 1631, Paris – 18 March 1669), the elder brother of the more famous Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, was a French translator and member...

Solemnly Dressed), which begins with a near-paraphrase of the start of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's French guide to the construction of pastoral verse. Pastorales...

The most important dramatic theorist of the French Classicism was Nicolas Boileau (1636–1711) with his L’art poétique (1669–1674), which is entirely...

of Action, Time, and Place John Dryden: An Essay of Dramatic Poesy Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux: The Art of Poetry John Locke: An Essay Concerning Human...

imagery with the characters Moth and Armado. The French poet and critic Nicolas Boileau, in his Art poétique (The Art of Poetry) (1674) applied the dictum...

de Malherbe (1555–1628) Jean de La Fontaine (1621–95) – The Fables Nicolas Boileau (1636–1711) Romanticism André Chénier (1762–1794) Alphonse de Lamartine...

"Advocate of the Poor" Nicolas Boileau, one of the builders of French poetry Julius Caesar, Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Fouquet, Superintendent...

age. Finally, Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux became the theorizer of poetic classicism. His Art poétique (1674) praised reason and logic (Boileau elevated Malherbe...

(1772); The History of the Flagellants (c. 1776), based upon a work by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux; An Essay, Containing a Few Strictures on the Union of Scotland...

aristocratic inhabitants of the city of Paris. It was used in 1660 by Nicolas Boileau in his Satires to refer to the influential members of Parisian society...

épique, was published in 1675 on epic poetry. It was highly praised by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. Its leading doctrine was that the subject should be chosen...

main antagonist, is a caricature of Charles Cotin, an adversary of Nicolas Boileau and Molière, who both saw him as the perfect example of a pedantic...

Mainz and Modena. A patron of men of letters, he became friends with Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, who dedicated his Satire on the Nobility to him. Jean de...

(1887–1950), German Nazi official and SS officer executed for war crimes Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711), poet and critic Habib Bourguiba (c. 1903–2000)...

drawings for vignettes for the finest editions of the French classics - Nicolas Boileau, Jean Racine, Molière, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, etc.  This...

revolutionary Jean-Étienne Despréaux (1748–1820), French ballet master Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711), French poet and critic The Tale of Despereaux...

praise by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux beginning Enfin Malherbe vint ("Finally Malherbe arrived") are rendered only partially applicable by Boileau's ignorance...

German poetry the standards advocated for by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, who in turn was inspired by Horace. Boileau was an eminent force for classicism; Gottsched...

1625 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop and saint (d. 1681) 1636 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (d. 1711) 1643 – John Strype, English...

baths remained in use or were even restored ... The Paris city scribe Nicolas Boileau noted the existence of twenty-six public baths in Paris in 1272 Fierro...

baths remained in use or were even restored ... The Paris city scribe Nicolas Boileau noted the existence of twenty-six public baths in Paris in 1272 Hembry...

Politician (b. 1563) 1619 – Richard Burbage, English actor (b. 1567) 1711 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (b. 1636) 1719 – Johann Friedrich...

neoclassicism and remained largely unchallenged until the Romantic Age. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux introduced the sublime into modern critical discourse in...