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Boileau, Nicolas
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Despréaux, to distinguish him from his brother), poet and critic, born in Paris; brought up to the law, but devoted to letters, associating himself with La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière; author of "Satires" and "Epistles," "L'Art Poétique," "Le Lutrin," &c., in which he attached and employed his wit against the bad taste of his time; did much to reform French poetry, as Pascal did to reform the prose, and was for long the law-giver of Parnassus; was an imitator of Pope, but especially of Horace (1636-1711).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boileau, Nicolas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/boileau-nicolas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boileau, Nicolas'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/boileau-nicolas.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
