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René Le Pays

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Le Païs, sans mentir,[1] est un bouffon plaisant; Mais je ne trouve rien de beau dans ce Voiture.[2]

— Boileau, 1665[3]
Œuvres diverses, 1671

René Le Pays, sieur de Plessis-Villeneuve (Nantes or Fougères, 1636 - Paris, April 30, 1690[3]), sometimes credited as M.L.C.D.P., was a French poet and tax farmer-general (fermier général des gabelles) in Dauphiné and Provence.

He was a founding member of the Academy of Arles in 1668, and the Duke of Savoy conferred on him the Order of St. Maurice in 1670.

Works

  • Amitiés, Amours, et Amourettes, Grenoble 1664
  • Zelotide histore galante, Paris 1665
    • Translated as The drudge, or The jealous extravagant, a piece of gallantry by John Bulteel, 1673
  • Nouvelles Œuvres, 1672 (2 vols.)
  • Le Démélé de l'Esprit et du Cœur, 1688

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ Boileau is making fun of Le Pays's frequent use of "sans mentir", see Les classiques et les romantiques, 1838, p. 477
  2. ^ alluding to Vincent Voiture, whose style he imitated, see A. Ch. Gidel, Œeuvres complètes de Boileau, 1870, 1:87
  3. ^ a b Nicolas Boileau, "Satire III", Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux; avec des eclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-meme, The Hague, 1722 p. 67