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In the mid-17th century, there were an estimated 2,200 authors in France (mostly nobles and clergy), writing for a reading public of just a few tens of thousands. [1] Under Cardinal Richelieu , patronage of the arts and literary academies increasingly came under the control of the monarchy.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:17th-century French male writers and Category:17th-century French women writers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
17th-century French writers (6 C, 127 P) Pages in category "17th-century French literature" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:17th-century French writers. It includes French writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing ...
Jean-Baptiste Racine (/ r æ ˈ s iː n / rass-EEN, US also / r ə ˈ s iː n / rə-SEEN; French: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʁasin]; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature.
Although the European prominence of French literature was eclipsed in part by vernacular literature in Italy in the 14th century, literature in France in the 16th century underwent a major creative evolution, and through the political and artistic programs of the Ancien Régime, French literature came to dominate European letters in the 17th ...
Pierre Corneille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ kɔʁnɛj]; 6 June 1606 – 1 October 1684) was a French tragedian.He is generally considered one of the three great 17th-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
17th; 18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; Pages in category "17th-century French letter writers" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ...