← Nicolas BoileauEpitresby Nicolas BoileauEpistolary poems addressing philosophical and literary topics with formal graceFind on Amazon↗About the authorNicolas BoileauFrench 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.More by Nicolas BoileauSatiresSatirical verses attacking literary and social follies with caustic wit and irony→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→