Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

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French writer human literary critic poet theorist of classical literature

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux was a 17th-century French poet, critic, and theorist of classical literature, best known for shaping French literary taste through works like "L’Art poétique."

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instanceOf French writer ⓘ
human ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
theorist of classical literature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
surface form: Boileau

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
surface form: Boileau-Despréaux
birthDate 1636-11-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1711-03-13 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
describedAs lawgiver of Parnassus ⓘ
educatedAt Collège de Beauvais ⓘ
employer Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form: Louis XIV
era 17th century ⓘ
The Age of Louis XIV ⓘ
surface form: Age of Louis XIV
familyName Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boileau
fieldOfWork literary theory ⓘ
poetics ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
genre literary criticism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
satire ⓘ
givenName Nicholas ⓘ
surface form: Nicolas
influenced French classical drama ⓘ
French neoclassical criticism ⓘ
Jean Racine ⓘ
Nicolas Racine’s critical reception ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Horace ⓘ
Quintilian ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mainInterest aesthetics of clarity and order in literature ⓘ
rules of classical drama ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
movement French classicism ⓘ
notableWork Le Lutrin ⓘ
L’Art poétique ⓘ
Satires ⓘ
Épîtres ⓘ
occupation literary critic ⓘ
poet ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
theorist of literature ⓘ
positionHeld member of the Académie française ⓘ
royal historiographer ⓘ

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Collège d’Harcourt → educated → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
An Essay on Criticism → influencedBy → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
Gottsched → influencedBy → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
subject surface form: Johann Christoph Gottsched
Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen → influencedBy → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicolas Boileau
Critische Dichtkunst → influencedBy → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nicolas Boileau
French classicism → majorFigure → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux → familyName → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux → alsoKnownAs → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boileau
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux → alsoKnownAs → Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boileau-Despréaux