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A Short History of French Literature

George Saintsbury

Couvin, Watriquet de (14th cent.), trouvere, 78. Crebillon the Elder, C. Jolyot de (1674-1763), dramatist, 407, 408. Crebillon the Younger, C. P. Jolyot de (1707-1778), novelist, 426. Cretin, Guillaume (d. 1525), poet, 165, 172, 209, 270. _Crispin, Rival de son Maitre_, 410. _Cromwell_, 522. Cuvier, G. C. (1769-1832), naturalist, 501. _Cygne, Chevalier au_, 20, 29, 99. _Cymbalum Mundi_, 190, 248. Dacier, Madame (1654-1720), 367. _Dames Galantes_, 251. Dancourt, F. C. (1661-1725), dramatist, 317. Dangeau, Ph. de Courcillon, Marquis de (1638-1720), memoir-writer, 345. _Daniel_, 111. Daniel, Pere (1649-1728), historian, 334. _Daphnis et Chloe_, 233. Dassoucy, C. Coypeau (1605-1674), miscellanist, 324. Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie (1716-1800), naturalist, 500. Daudet, A. (b. 1840), novelist, 562. Daurat, Jean (c. 1507-1588), poet, 196, 198, 203, 206, 211. _Daurel et Beton_, 23 note 2. _Defense et Illustration de la Langue Francaise_, 198, 206. Deffand, Madame du (1697-1780), letter-writer, 445. Definition of Chansons de Geste, 11. _De l'Allemagne_, 432, 433. _De l'Amour_, 518. _De l'Eglise Gallicane_, 496. _De l'Esprit_, 493. _De l'Homme_, 493. Delavigne, Casimir (1793-1843), poet, and dramatist, 519. Delille, Jacques (1758-1813), poet, 400, 507. Denis Pyramus (13th cent.), poet, 96. _Depit Amoureux_, 309, 310. Desaugiers, M. A. M. (1772-1827), poet, 404. Descartes, Rene (1596-1650), philosopher, 368-374. Deschamps, Emile (1795-1871), and Antoni (1809-1869), poets, 543. Deschamps, Eustache (1328-1415), poet, 103, 104. Descort, 31. Desfontaines, P. F. Guizot (1685-1745), critic, 460, 461. Deshoulieres, Madame (1638-1694), poetess, 288. Desmahis, J. F. E. (1722-1761), dramatist, 413. Desorgues, J. T. (1763-1808), poet, 401. Des Periers, B. (1500-1544), tale-teller, 190, 191. Desportes, Philippe (1546-1606), poet, 214. Destouches, P. H. (1680-1754), dramatist, 411. _Deux Bordeors Ribaux_, 50. _Devin du Village_, 413. _Diable Amoureux_, 426. _Diable Boiteux_, 417, 418. Dialects, 6, 141. ---- and Provincial Literatures, 6. _Dictionnaire de Trevoux_, 325. Diderot, Denis (1713-1784), encyclopaedist, 411, 424, 449, 462, 481, 482. _Discours de la Methode_, 370, 372, 373. Dits and Debats, 50, 77, 78, 104, 115, 117, 118. _Dive Bouteille_, 187, 189. Dolet, Etienne (1509-1544), poet, translator, and printer, 178, 234, 270. _Dolopathos_, 52, 96. _Doon de Mayence_, 21. Dorat, C. J. (1734-1780), poet, 404. Doublet, Jean (16th cent.), poet, 209. Dovalle, Ch. (1807-1829), poet, 546. Droz, G. (b. 1832), novelist, 559. Dubos, Jean Baptiste (1670-1742), historian, 438. Du Cange, _see_ Dufresne. Ducis, J. F. (1733-1816), poet and dramatist, 409. Duclos, Charles Pinaud (1704-1772), historian and moralist, 423, 442, 457. Dufresne, Charles (Du Cange) (1614-1688), historian, scholar, 353. Dufresny, Charles Riviere (1648-1724), dramatist, 315, 316, 317, 476. Duguay-Trouin, Rene (1673-1736), memoir-writer, 345. Dulaurens, Henri Joseph (1719-1797), satirist and novelist, 428. Dumas the Elder, Alexandre (1806-1870), dramatist and novelist, 530, 535, 542. Dumas the Younger, Alexandre (b. 1824), dramatist and novelist, 554. Dupanloup, F. A. P. (1802-1878), theologian, 570. _Du Pape_, 496. Du Perron, Cardinal (1556-1618), poet and controversialist, 276. Duplessis-Mornay (1549-1623), controversialist, 231, 249. Dupont, P. (1821-1870), poet, 550. Durant, G. (1550-1615), poet, 260. Duras, Madame de (1778-1829), novelist, 434. D'Urfe, Honore (1567-1725), novelist, 319. _Durmart le Gallois_, 97. Du Ryer, Pierre (1605-1658), dramatist, 293. Eastern stories in Early French literature, 52. _Ecole des Femmes_, 311. _Ecole des Maris_, 311. _Emaux et Camees_, 539. _Emile_, 425, 486. Encyclopaedia, 480. _Enfances Godefroy_, 20. _Enfances Ogier_, 93. _Enfants sans Souci_, 123. 'Enjambement,' 523. Epinay, Madame d' (1725-1783), memoir-writer, 443. Erckmann-Chatrian, novelists, 557. _Erec et Enide_, 38. _Esprit des Lois_, 476, 477. 'Esprit Gaulois,' 48, 182, 263. _Esquisse des Progres de l'Esprit Humain_, 491. _Essais_ of Montaigne, 242, 243, 354, 365, 372. _Essai sur les Moeurs_, 439. _Essai sur les Regnes de Claude et de Neron_, 441, 482. _Essai sur l'Indifference en Matiere de Religion_, 514. _Essai sur l'Origine des Connoissances Humaines_, 495. Essayists, historical, 336. Estienne, Henri (1528-1598), scholar, 166, 194, 237. Estrees, F. A. d' (17th cent.), memoir-writer, 337. _Estula_, 52. _Etourdi_, 309, 310. _Eugene_, 220, 221. _Eulalie, St., Song of_, 4, 62. _Expedition Nocturne_, 435. _Fables_ of La Fontaine, 281, 282, 283, 327, 403. _Fabliau des Perdris_, extract from, 58, 59. Fabliaux, 6, 47-52, 148, 153, 502. Fabre d'Eglantine, P. F. N. (1755-1794), poet and dramatist, 414. _Facheux_, 311. Fagan, C. B. (1702-1755), dramatist, 412. Farce, 117, 216, 218. _Farce du Cuvier_, 119. _Farce de Folle Bobance_, 120. _Farce du Paste et de la Tarte_, 118. _Faron, St., Song of_, 3, 8. Fatrasie, 194, 198, 424. Fauchet, Claude (1530-1601), critic, 235. _Fauvel_, 57. _Femmes Savantes_, 313. Fenelon, F. de Salignac de la Mothe--(1661-1715), theologian, 383. Fenin, Pierre de (d. 1506), chronicler, 135. _Festin de Pierre_, 310, 311. _Feuilles de Grimm_, 462. Feuillet, O. (b. 1812), dramatist and novelist, 554, 558. Feydeau, E. (1821-1874), novelist, 559. _Fiancee du Roi de Garbe_, 283. _Fierabras_, 20, 21, 22. Fievee, Joseph (1767-1839), novelist, etc., 434. Fitzwarine, story of, 146. 'Five Poets,' the, 278, 295. _Flamenca_, 30. Flaubert, G. (1821-1881), novelist, 560, 561. Flechier, Esprit (1632-1710), preacher, 388. Fleury, Abbe (1640-1723), historian, 334. _Flore et Blanchefleur_, 96. Florian, G. P. de (1755-1794), poet and fabulist, 403. _Folles Entreprises_, 217. Fontaine, Charles (1513-1587), poet, 178, 182. Fontaines, Madame de (d. 1730), novelist, 419. Fontanes, L. de (1757-1821), poet, 403, 468. Fontaney, A. C. (?-1837), poet and critic, 547, 548. Fontenay-Mareuil, F. Duval de (1595-1647), memoir-writer, 336. Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757), miscellaneous writer, 453. Forbin, C. de (1656-1733), memoir-writer, 345. _Fourberies de Scapin_, 313. _Franc Archier de Bagnolet_, 158. _Frere Lubin_, 177. Freron, Elie Catherine (1719-1776), journalist, 460, 474. Froissart, Jean (1337-1410), historian and poet, 103, 104, 132-135. Furetiere, Antoine (1620-1688), novelist and miscellaneous writer, 325. Gaboriau, E. (1835-1873), novelist, 557. Gace Brule (13th cent.), poet, 69. _Galerie du Palais_, 297. Galiani, Abbe (1681-1753), economist and letter-writer, 450, 490. Gamon, Achille (16th cent.), memoir-writer, 257. Ganelon, 13, 14, 21. Garat, D. J. (1749-1833), journalist, etc., 464, 465. _Gargantua_, 185-187. _Garin le Loherain_, 20. Garnier, Robert (1545-c. 1601), dramatist, 224, 225. _Gaspard de la Nuit_, 548. Gassendi (1592-1655), Neo-Epicurean philosopher, 375. Gautier, Theophile (1811-1872), poet, critic, and novelist, 537, 542, 546. Gaymar, Geoffrey (b. 1149), chronicler, 76. Gazetteers, the rhyming, 289. _Genie du Christianisme_, 429, 431. Genlis, Madame de (1746-1830), novelist, 434, 443. Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th cent.), historian, 34 sqq. _Gerard de Roussillon_, 20. _Gerard de Viane_, 21. Gerson, Jean Charlier de (1363-1429), theologian, 142. Geruzez, E. (1799-1865), critic, 565. _Gesta Romanorum_, 52. Geste, Meaning of, 10 note 1. Gielee, Jacquemart (13th cent.), poet, 55. Gilbert, N. J. L. (1751-1780), poet, 401. _Gil Blas_, 411, 417, 418. Gillot, Jacques (16th cent.), political writer, 260. Ginguene, P. L. (1748-1816), critic, etc., 464. Girardin, Madame de (1804-1855), dramatist, 554. _Girartz de Rossilho_, 25, 28, 29. _Giron le Courtois_, 36, 39. Glatigny, A., poet, 551. _Globe_, 520. _Glorieux_, 411. Godeau, A. (1605-1672), poet, 278. Golden Violet, etc., 32, 33. Gombaud, J. Ogier de (1570-1666), poet, 276. Gomberville, Marin le Roy Seigneur de (1600-1647), poet and novelist, 278, 322. Gourville, Jean Herault de (d. 1703), memoir-writer, 343. Graal, the Holy, Chapter iv., _passim_. Grammont, Chevalier de (_see_ Hamilton). ---- Marechal de, and his family, literary work of, 344. _Grandes Chroniques de France_, 128, 130, 131. _Grand Cyrus_, 321. _Grandeur et Decadence des Romains_, 476. _Grands Capitaines_, 250. _Grands Jours d'Auvergne_, 389. Gratien du Pont (16th cent.), poet, 172. _Great St. Graal_, 35. Greban, Arnoul and Simon (15th cent.), dramatists, 115. Gresset, J. B. L. (1709-1777), poet and dramatist, 399, 412. Grevin, J. (1540-1570), dramatist and poet, 210, 223. Grimm, F. M. (1723-1807), miscellanist, 445. Gringore, Pierre (1478-1544), poet and dramatist, 169, 216, 217. _Grondeur_, 317. Guenee, Antoine (1717-1803), controversialist, 460, 474. Guiart, Guillaume (13th cent.), chronicler, 76. _Guillaume de Palerne_, 96. Guise, Francois, Duke of (1519-1563), memoir-writer, 257. ---- Henri, Duke of (1614-1663), memoir-writer, 344. Guizot, F. P. G. (1787-1874), historian, &c., 573. Guttinguer, U. (1785-1866), poet, 543. Guyot de Provins, trouvere, 78. ---- or Kyot, author of Provencal _Percevale_, trouvere, 30. Habert, Francois (1520-1562 or 1574), poet, 178. ---- Philippe (1605-1637), poet, 178. Haillan, du (1537-1610), historian, 258. Halevy, L. (b. 1834), dramatist and novelist, 555. Hamilton, Anthony (1640-1720), poet and tale-teller, 288, 328. _Han d'Islande_, 521. Hardy, Alexandre (1560-1631), dramatist, 292. Helgaire, Bp., 3 note 2. Helvetius, Claude Adrien (1715-1771), philosopher, 493. Henault, E. J. F., President (1685-1770), lawyer, &c., 443. _Henriade_, 396, 398, 399. Henri de Valenciennes (12th cent.), chronicler, 129. _Heptameron_, 191, 192. _Heraclius_, 298. Herberay des Essarts, Nicolas (d. 1550), translator, 237. _Hernani_, 522. Heroet, Antoine (d. 1568), poet, 179. _Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules_, 345. _Histoire Ancienne_, 438. _Histoire Comique de Francion_, 324, 325. _Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne_, 441. _Histoire de Port Royal_, 528. _Histoire Litteraire de la France_, 502. _Histoire des Indes_, 440. _Histoire des Oracles_, 454. _Histoire des Variations des Eglises Protestantes_, 381. _Historia Britonum_, 34. _Historiettes_ of Tallemant des Reaux, 391. Holbach, P. H. Thiry Baron d' (1723-1789), _philosophe_, 494, 501. _Horace_, 297. _Housse Partie_, 51. Hugo, Victor Marie (1802-1885), poet, novelist, and dramatist, 521-527. _Hugues Capet_, 21. Hugues de Rotelande, trouvere, 46. _Huon de Bordeaux_, 19, 21. Huon de Mery (13th cent.), trouvere, 95. _Iambes_ (Barbier), 545. _Iambes_ (Chenier), 403. _Illusion comique_, 295, 297. _Impromptu de Versailles_, 311. _Ines de Castro_, 406. _Institution Chretienne_, 230. _Iphigenie_, 303. _Itineraire de Paris a Jerusalem_, 430, 431. _Jacques de Lalaing_, 148. _Jacques le Fataliste_, 424, 428. _Jalousie du Barbouille_, 310, 312. Jamyn, Amadis (1530-1585), poet, 204, 209, 214. Janin, J. (1804-1874), novelist and critic, 557. _Jargon_, 157. _Jaufre_, 30. Jean de Tuim (13th cent.), trouvere, 146. Jeannin, Pierre (1546-1622), diplomatist, 256. _Jehan de Paris_, 103 note. _Jeu du Prince des Sots et de Mere Sotte_, 121, 216. Jeu parti, 66. _Joconde_, 283.