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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 268
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online
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Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 268.
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Dictionary of literary biography complete online.
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Antoine Arnauld (1612-1694) - Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, comtesse d'Aulnoy (1650 or 1651-1705) - Guez de Balzac (1597?-1654) - Pierre Bayle (1647-1706) - Catherine Bernard (1663?-1712) - Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711) - Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627-1704) - Dominique Bouhours (1628-1702) - Jean-Pierre Camus (1584-1652) - Jean Chapelain (1595-1674) - Pierre Corneille (1606-1684) - Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655) - Rene Descartes (1596-1650) - Francois de Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon (1651-1715) - Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) - Antoine Furetiere (1619-1688) - Marin Le Roy, sieur de Gomberville (1600?-1674) - Alexandre Hardy (1572?-1632) - Jean de La Bruyere (1645-1696) - La Calprenede (1609?-1663) - Marie-Madeleine, comtesse de Lafayette (1634-1693) - Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) - Francois de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588-1672) - Francois, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) - Moliere (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) (1622-1673) - Pierre Nicole (1625-1695) - Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) - Charles Perrault (1628-1703) - Philippe Quinault (1635-1688) - Jean Racine (1639-1699) - Jean-Francois-Paul de Gondi, cardinal de Retz (1613-1679) - Jean Rotrou (1609-1650) - Madeleine de Scudery (1607-1701) - Marie de Rabutin Chantal, Madame de Sevigne (1626-1696) - Charles Sorel (circa 1600-1674) - Honore d'Urfe (1567-1625) - Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585-1650) - Madame de Villedieu (Marie-Catherine Desjardins) (1640?-1683). |
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Essays on French writers of the seventeenth-century, or Classical century. What best defines the literature of this period are political order and the growing awareness of literature as a separate domain in need of rules and regulations. Discusses the political turmoil during this period as well as the Reformation and the Counter Reformation encouraging research on ancient tests, methods of research, and the standardization of the French language. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mi: Gale, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. |
| Original Version |
Original: 489 p. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Authors, French -- 17th century -- Biography.
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Authors, French. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
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Biographies.
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French literature -- 17th century.
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French literature. |
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Jaouën, Françoise.
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Gale Group.
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| ISBN |
0787660124 |
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9780787660123 |
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