Le Lutrin, poème héroï-comique by Nicolas Boileau Despréaux

"Le Lutrin, poème héroï-comique" by Nicolas Boileau Despréaux is a mock-heroic poem published between 1672 and 1683. The work transforms a trivial dispute between a treasurer and a cantor into an epic parody, demonstrating that grand poetic forms can elevate even the most insignificant subjects. Unlike other parodies of its time, Boileau builds a serious literary work from mundane material rather than mocking noble themes. The poem also critiques contemporary literary trends, including popular novels and excessive use of allegory and mythology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Boileau Despréaux, Nicolas, 1636-1711
Title Le Lutrin, poème héroï-comique
Note Wikipedia page about this book: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Lutrin
Credits This eBook was produced by Christian Scherer and prepared for PG by Laurent Le Guillou
Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language French
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject French poetry -- 17th century
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EBook-No. 5158
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Most Recently Updated Dec 28, 2020
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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