Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Vincent Voiture


Related Topics

In the News (Tue 1 Dec 09)

  
  Vincent Voiture
Vincent Voiture (1598 - May 26, 1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens.
The quarrel between the Uranistes and the Jobelins arose over the respective merits of a sonnet of Voiture addressed to a certain Uranie, and of another composed by Isaac de Benserade, till then unknown, on the subject of Job.
Voiture died at the outbreak of the Fronde, which killed the society to which he was accustomed, on the 26th of May 1648.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/vi/Vincent_Voiture.html   (294 words)

  
 Vincent Voiture - LoveToKnow 1911
VINCENT VOITURE (1598-1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens.
He published nothing in book form, but his verses and his prose letters were the delight of the coteries, and were copied, handed about and admired more perhaps than the work of any contemporary.
Another famous piece of his of the same kind, La Belle Matineuse, is less exquisite, but still very admirable, and Voiture stands in the highest rank of writers of vers de societe.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vincent_Voiture   (309 words)

  
 Vincent Voiture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincent Voiture (February 24, 1597 - May 26, 1648), French poet, was the son of a rich merchant of Amiens.
He was introduced by a schoolfellow, the count Claude d'Avaux, to Gaston, Duke of Orleans, and accompanied him to Brussels and Lorraine on diplomatic missions.
Another famous piece of his of the same kind, La Belle Matineuse, is less exquisite, but still admirable, and Voiture stands in the highest rank of writers of vers de société.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vincent_Voiture   (351 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Vincent Voiture (French Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Vincent Voiture (French Literature, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Vincent Voiture[vaNsAN´ vwAtUr´] Pronunciation Key, 1597–1648, French man of letters and poet.
He wrote in the precious manner of the salon of the HOtel de Rambouillet, in which he was a leading figure.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Voiture.html   (148 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.