Nicolas Boileau
French poet and critic whose L'Art Poetique codified neoclassical literary doctrine and influenced European letters for a century. He was the arbiter of French Augustan taste.
Works
- SatiresSatirical verses attacking literary and social follies with caustic wit and irony
- EpitresEpistolary poems addressing philosophical and literary topics with formal grace
- L'Art PoetiqueCritical treatise codifying rules of French neoclassical poetry and good taste
- Le LutrinMock-heroic poem about ridiculous dispute between clergy over liturgical privileges