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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

XIV an infallible remedy for loss of voice. Jean Racine, writing to Nicolas Boileau, recommends him to try the syrup...in order to be cured of voicelessness...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

(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)...

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

cardinal (11 June 1709) "Do you wish to hasten my last hour?": 197  — Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (13 March 1711), to a playwright...

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...

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

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

Kattrump Tollgate). It is a pastorale, starting with a near-paraphrase of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's French guide to the construction of pastoral verse. That...

Consolation" (14th c.) "The Baptism of the Eunuch of the Queen of Candace" by Nicolas Bertin (1668-1736) The chapels around the disabulatory at the east end...

realistic". The figure has had many names throughout history. The poet Nicolas Boileau called it "image", Fénelon "painting", Pierre Fontanier "tableau",...

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...