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	Jean Chapelain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chapelain, the son of a notary for whom Colbert may have once been employed, was born in Paris.
		Chapelain's reputation as a critic survived, and in 1663 he was employed by Colbert to draw up an account of contemporary men of letters, destined to guide the king in his distribution of pensions.
		Chapelain refused many honours, and his disinterestedness makes it necessary to receive with caution the stories of Gilles Ménage and Tallemant des Réaux, who claimed that he became a miser, and that a considerable fortune was found hoarded in his apartments when he died.
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		Jean Chapelain (December 4, 1595 - February 22, 1674) was a French poet and "man of letters," the son of a notary for whom Colbert may have once been employed.
		Chapelain's reputation as a critic survived this catastrophe, and in 1663 he was employed by Colbert to draw up an account of contemporary men of letters, destined to guide the king in his distribution of pensions.
		Chapelain refused many honours, and his disinterestedness in this and other cases makes it necessary to receive with caution the stories of Ménage and Tallemant des Réaux; who assert that he was in his old age a miser, and that a considerable fortune was found hoarded in his apartments when he died.
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	JEAN CHAPELAIN - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN CHAPELAIN
		The theory had of course been enunciated in the Art poetique of J. Scaliger in 1561, and subsequentlyby other writers, but there is no doubt that it was the action of Chapelain that transferred it from the region of theory to that of actual practice.
		But this was the end of the poetic reputation of Chapelain, the legist of Parnassus.
		Later the slashing satire of Boileau (in this case fairly master of his subject) did its work, and Chapelain (Le plus grand pote Fran Qais qu ait jamais t et du plus solidejugement, as he is called in Colberts list) took his place among the failures of modern art.
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	Jean Chapelain -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jean Chapelain (December 4, 1595 - February 22, 1674) was a (The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) French (A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)) poet and writer.
		Chapelain, the son of a notary for whom (Butter creamed with parsley and tarragon and beef extract) Colbert may have once been (Click link for more info and facts about employed) employed, was born in (The capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce) Paris.
		To him the young (French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699)) Jean Racine was indebted not only for advice, but also for the pension of six hundred livres which was so useful to him.
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	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Chapelain Jean
		Chapelain, Jean (1595-1674), French man of letters and poet, born in Paris.
		He was secretary to Louis XIV and in 1635 became one of the organizers...
		It is customary to speak of the literature of this period as “Classical”, a term introduced only in the 19th century.
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	Kettering: Patronage
		Jean Chapelain was a tutor and intendant in the household of the marquis de la Trousse, and Paul Pellisson was a secretary of Nicolas Foucquet.
		Jean Loret placed his Muse historique at the service of Marie, duchesse de Longueville, in return for her patronage, and kept the public minutely informed about her health, travels, and activities in return for a pension.
		Dunois, the hero of Jean de Chapelain's epic poem, Pucelle, was the ancestor of his patron, the duc de Longueville, who paid him an annual pension of 2,000 livres.
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	Chapelain, Jean -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Chapelain's approach was a challenge to others of his day who appealed in doctrinaire fashion to classical Greek authorities.
		French sculptor, painter, and poet Jean Arp was one of the leaders of the European avant-garde in the arts during the first half of the 20th century.
		Until he was assassinated in 1914, Jean Jaurès was the most effective leader of the French socialist movement.
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	Jean Louis Guez de Balzac Biography
		Jean Louis Guez de Balzac (1594 - February 18, 1654), was a French author.
		He was born at Angoulême. At the age of eighteen he travelled in the United Provinces with Théophile de Viaud, with whom he later exchanged bitter recriminations.
		From the chateau of Balzac, where he had retired, he continued to correspond with Jean Chapelain, Valentin Conrart and others.
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	JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE BALZAC - LoveToKnow Article on JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE BALZAC
		BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654), French author, was born at Angoulhme in 1594.
		In 1624 a collection of his Lettres was published, and was received with great favor.
		From the chateau of Balzac, whither he had retired, he continued to correspond with Jean Chapelain, Valentin Conrart and others.
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		Jean Corston hurt her ankles in a fall at the House of Commons Four MPs from the West have decided to step down at the general election.
		Jean Brackett Labor Department Economist Jean Campbell Brackett, 85, who worked for the Labor Department from the early 1940s to 1975 and retired as an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, died March 17 at the Broadmead retirement community in Cockeysville, Md. She had dementia.
		Zaïs Jean Philippe Rameau Jean Philippe Rameau (September 25, 1683 - September 12, 1764) was one of the most important French composers of the Baroque era.
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	CATALOGUE DE TOUS LES LIVRES DE FEU M. CHAPELAIN - SEARLES, COLBERT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Chapelain was a prominent and well-connected author, "the leading spirit in the newly established French Academy," and had assembled a significant library.
		Chapelain was also aware of the importance of his collection and directed that following his death a catalogue be made of all his books and papers.
		As professor Searles notes, "To know what Chapelain was interested in, is to know the intellectual interests of the best minds and most accomplished personages of this period." Usual library markings, rebound.
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	AllRefer.com - Jean Chapelain (French Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Jean Chapelain[zhAN shAplaN´] Pronunciation Key, 1595–1674, French critic and poet.
		Chapelain was a founding member of the French Academy, for which he composed a celebrated attack upon Pierre Corneille's Le Cid.
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	CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1674) - Online Information article about CHAPELAIN, JEAN (1595-1674) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		action of Chapelain that transferred it from the region of theory to that of actual practice.
		drama thus owes the riveting of its fetters to Chapelain.
		Chapelain refused many honours, and his disinterestedness in this and other cases makes it necessary to receive with caution the stories of See also:
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	French Theory and Criticism: 1. Seventeenth Century
		The first period, lasting from the end of the sixteenth century to the 1630s, was a period dominated by Cardinal Richelieu and the establishment of a centralizing state.
		Chapelain had, however, preceded this judgment in his preface to Cavaliere Marino's Adone, and soon other people would write in other forms on questions related to style and rules that paralleled the conversations and questions raised in the salons.
		Nor must one associate French classicism with academicism or with adherence to and judgment by the so-called rules, in particular the three unities of time, place, and action, which were also made prominent in manuals.
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	Chapelain, Jean -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Chapelain first attracted attention in 1619–20 with a translation of Mateo Alemán's picaresque novel, Guzmán de Alfarache.
		He subsequently became a pupil of the aged poet and critic François de Malherbe and was later instrumental in founding the French Academy.
		His prestige in literary circles became such that in 1663, when Jean-Baptiste Colbert, minister of finance to King Louis XIV, decided to grant pensions to deserving writers, Chapelain was entrusted with the naming of candidates.
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	WOMEN IN WORLD HISTORY: MODULE #4
		During the 17th century Louis XIV of France sought to strengthen the power of the monarchy in France and to enhance France’s position in world politics.
		In 1664 Jean Colbert, his finance minister, established the French East India Company to develop French trade with India.
		Letter to Monsieur Chapelain, Despatched from Chiras in Persia, the 4th October 1667.
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	Jean-Baptiste Colbert : Jean Baptiste Colbert
		Colbert was born in Reims, France, where his father and grandfather were merchants.
		It is generally believed (but unconfirmed) that he spent his early youth at a Jesuit college, working for a Parisian banker; as well as, the father of Jean Chapelain.
		Before he was 20 years old, Colbert worked in the war office; a position generally attributed to the marriage of an uncle to the sister of Secretary of War Le Tellier[?].
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	Jean Racine \| French Playwright \| Britannicus, Phedre \| Questia.com Online Library
		Rhetoric...230 The eleven tragedies of Jean Racine have served as a testing-...
		Corneille and Racine in England: A Study of the English Translations of the Two Corneilles and Racine, with Especial Reference to Their Presentation on the English Stage
		...brilliant though idolatrous Jean Racine 6 is the publication of a...the play is absurd.
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		Chapelain refused many honors, and his disinterestedness in this and other cases makes it necessary to receive with caution the stories of Ménage and Tallemant des Réaux; who assert that he was in his old age a miser, and that a considerable fortune was found hoarded in his apartments when he died.
		See also Les Letters etc Jean Chapelain (ed.
		Thus the remaining portions of Chapelain's work were not published until 1882.
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	Corneille, Pierre on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		However, Jean Chapelain composed a paper for the newly founded French Academy that attacked the play as plagiaristic and faulty in construction, and thereafter Corneille adhered to classical rules.
		Among the finest of his score of tragedies that followed are Horace (1640), Cinna (1640), and Polyeucte (1643).
		The Tragedy of Primogeniture in Pierre Corneille, Thomas Corneille, and Jean Racine
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	Pucelle, Jean -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Pucelle, Jean -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Little is known of his background, but his large workshop dominated Parisian painting in the early 14th century, when he enjoyed court patronage and his work commanded high prices.
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	Joan of Arc, A Saint for All Reasons
		This collection of essays, updated for the English language edition, follows Joan of Arc in the Western consciousness, throughout the chain of texts, fictions, comments, from the time of her launching into celebrity by Jean Gerson and Christine de Pizan to the most recent stage and film versions.
		Nadia Margolis picks up the thread from Michelet to explore the background of frenzied political quarrels, and personal self-identifications, for possession of the nineteenth-century heroine, down to their ultimate appropriation, that by the National Front.
		Jacques Darras questions Peguy and the warmongers who used Joan as a firebrand against pacifists like Jean Jaures, down to the singular fate of Anouilh's L'Alouette, and beyond them the nationalistic strains which continue to infect the French political scene.
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