Bernard Palissy Discours Admirables Des Eaux Et Fontaines 1580

Elaboration of the Classical Ideal Malherbe The classical doctrine Language The language of classicism Principles and rules Honnêteté The Rise of Rationalism Jesuits and Jansenists The new science The libertins Descartes Pascal Literature Poetry Boileau La Fontaine Fiction The pastoral novel The heroic novel The roman d’analyse The roman réaliste The philosophical novel The conte de fée First-person narrators Fictitious memoirs Theatre The theatres The players The staging of plays Audiences Tragicomedy Comedy