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Nicolas Faret
Nicolas Faret (Bourg-en-Bresse, c.1596 – 8 September 1646) was a French statesman, writer, scholar and translator.
He translated Eutropius's "Roman History" (Paris, 1621, in-18).
References.
- Gustave Vapereau, "Dictionnaire universel des littératures", Paris, Hachette, 1876, p. 765
External links.
- His works on site gallica
François le Métel de Boisrobert, François Maynard, Marin le Roy de Gomberville and Nicolas Faret; members added at the time of its official creation included Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, Claude Favre de Vaugelas and Vincent Voiture. This process of state control of the arts and literature would be expanded even more during the reign of Louis XIV.
"Classicism" (as it applies to literature) implies notions of order, clarity, moral purpose and good taste. Many of these notions are directly inspired by the works of