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Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (French: [nikɔla bwalo depʁeo]; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (UK: / ˈ b w ʌ l oʊ /, US: / b w ɑː ˈ l oʊ, ˈ b w ɑː l oʊ /), was a French poet and critic.
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.
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Nicolas Boileau sieur Despréaux, également nommé Nicolas Boileau Despréaux, né le 1 er novembre 1636 à Paris et mort le 13 mars 1711 dans la même ville, est un homme de lettres français du Grand Siècle.
- 13 mars 1711 (à 74 ans)Paris ( France)
- Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
- 1 er novembre 1636Paris ( France)
Dec 8, 2017 · 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.
May 29, 2018 · Nicholas Boileau-Despréaux >The French critic and writer Nicholas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) is best >known for the theory of poetics expressed in his "Art poétique." Through >this work he became the foremost exponent of French literary classicism.
Nicolas Boileau, also known as Boileau-Despréaux, was a French poet and critic who advocated classical aesthetics and the imitation of the ancients. He wrote the influential Art poétique (1674) and translated Longinus's On the Sublime (first cent.).
Learn about the life and works of the leading neoclassicist poet and critic of France, who influenced many writers with his verse masterpiece The Art of Poetry. Find out how he attacked the heroic romances, joined the French Academy, and faced censorship from the Jesuits.
