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A Short History of French Literature

George Saintsbury

Jodelle, Etienne (1532-1573), dramatist and poet, 219, 220. Joinville, Jean de (1224-1319), chronicler, 130, 131. example from, 137. Joly, Claude (1607-1700), and Guy. (17th cent.), memoir-writers, 340. _Jonah, Book of_, 4. Joubert, Joseph (1754-1824), _pensee_-writer, 467-469. _Joufrois de Poitiers_, 98. _Jourdains de Blaivies_, 19, 21. _Juives_, 225. _Julie_, 486. _Jus de la Feuillie_, 115. Juvenal des Ursins, Jean (1350-1431), chronicler, 135, 136. Karr, A. (b. 1801), novelist and journalist, 557. Kruedener, Madame de (1764-1824), novelist, 434. Labe, Louise (1526-1566), poetess, 178, 179, 208, 288, 543. Labiche, E. (b. 1815), dramatist, 554. La Boetie, Etienne de (1530-1563), poet, &c., 209, 242, 249. La Borderie (16th cent.), poet, 179. La Bruyere, Jean de (1645-1696), novelist, 364-367. La Calprenede, Gauthier de Coste, Seigneur de (1610-1653), novelist, 321. La Chatre, E. de (17th cent.), memoir-writer, 339, 343. La Chaussee, Nivelle de (1692-1754), dramatist, 411, 415. La Condamine, C. M. de (1701-1774), scientific writer, 501. Lacordaire, J. B. H. (1802-1861), journalist and preacher, 569. Lacretelle, C. J. D. (1766-1855), historian, 464, 465. La Fare, Marquis de (1644-1712), poet, 288. La Fayette, Madame de (1634-1693), novelist, 322, 325-328, 362, 419. La Fontaine, Jean (1631-1697), poet and dramatist, 280-284. Lafosse, A. de (1653-1708), dramatist, 307. Lagrange-Chancel, F. J. de (1677-1758), poet, 397. La Harpe, J. F. de (1739-1803), dramatist and critic, 459, 465, 468. Lais, 6, 73, 100. _La Jacquerie_, 537. _La Legende des Siecles_, 524, 525. La Marche, O. de la (15th cent.), chronicler, 134. Lamartine, Alphonse Prat de (1791-1869), poet, historian, and novelist, 513. Lambert (_li Cors_), 12th cent., trouvere, 43. Lamennais, Felicite Robert de (1782-1854), theologian and journalist, 514. La Mettrie, J. O. de (1709-1757), philosopher, 492. _La Morte Amoureuse_, 539. La Mothe le Vayer, F. de (1588-1672), moralist, &c., 375. La Motte, Antoine Houdart de (1672-1731), dramatist and critic, 455, 457. _Lancelot du Lac_, 36, 38, 39, 40. Lanfrey, P. (1828-1877), historian, 578. Langue d'Oc, 26, 27. Langue d'Oil, 26. _L'Annee Terrible_, 525. La Noue, F. de (1651-1691), memoir-writer, 253. ---- J. B. Sauve (1701-1761) dramatist, 413. _La Nouvelle Heloise_, 425, 488. La Peruse, Jean de (16th cent.), poet, 209. Lapidaries, 145. Laprade, V. de (1812-1887), poet, 547. _La Princesse de Cleves_, 326. Larivey, Pierre (b. _c._ 1540), comic author, 226. La Rochefoucauld, Francois de Marcillac, Duke de (1613-1680), moralist and memoir-writer, 326, 327, 362-364. La Salle, A. de (1398-1460?), romance-writer, 146-148, 152, 156. La Taille, Jacques de (1541-1562), poet and dramatist, 210, 223. La Taille, Jean de (1540-1608), poet and dramatist, 210, 223, 226. Latin to French, relation of, 1-3. Latin Literature, influence of, on Early French, 2. La Tour Landry, Chevalier de (14th cent.), moralist, 142, 143. _L'Avare_, 312. _Laws of William the Conqueror_, 144. League, preachers of the, 232. _Le Bel Inconnu_, 97. Lebel, Jean (14th cent.), chronicler, 131, 132. Lebrun, Escouchard (1729-1807), poet, 400-401. _Le Capitaine Fracasse_, 539. _Le Cid_, 505. Leconte de Lisle, C. M. R. (b. 1818), poet, 549. _L'Ecossaise,_ 291, 461. _Leger, St., Life of_, 4, 6. _Legislation Primitive_, 408. Legouve, G. M. J. G. (1764-1812), poet and dramatist, 409. ---- Ernest (b. 1807), dramatist, 554. Le Houx, Jean (d. 1616), poet, 280. _Le Lepreux de la Cite d'Aoste_, 434. _L'Empereur Constant_, 147. _Le Roi Flore et la belle Jehanne_, 147. Le Maire de Belges, J. (1475-1548), poet and historian, 169, 235. Lemercier, N. (1771-1840), poet and dramatist, 403, 409, 414. Lemierre, A. M. (1723-1793), poet, 399. Lenient, C. F. (b. 1826), critic, 565. Leroy, Pierre (16th cent.), political writer, 260. Lesage, Alain Rene (1668-1747), novelist and dramatist, 409, 414, 417, 418. _Les Chatiments_, 524, 538. _Les Contemplations_, 524. _Les Contemporaines_, 428. Lescurel, Jehannot de (14th cent.), poet, 102, 104. ballade from, 106. _Les Miserables_, 524. _Les Quatre Vents de l'Esprit_, 525. Lespinasse, Mademoiselle de (1732-1776), letter-writer, 446. _Les Saisnes_, 21. L'Estoile, Pierre de (16th cent.), memoir-writer, 255. _Lettres de Quelques Juifs_, 460. _Lettres du Sepulcre_, 144. _Lettres Persanes_, 475, 476. Le Vavasseur, L. G. (b. 1819), poet and critic, 550. _L'Homme-Machine_, 493. _L'Homme qui Rit_, 524. L'Hospital, Michel de (1505-1573), 249. _Liber de Creaturis_, 79. Lingua romana rustica, 2, 140. L'Isle, C. J. Rouget de (1760-1836), poet, 405. Literature proper, beginning of, 7. Littre, E. (1801-1881), positivist and philologist, 567, 568. _Livre des Cent Ballades_, 106. _Livre des faits du Marechal de Bouciqualt_, 135. _Livres de raison_, 145. Loret, J. (d. 1665), poet and gazetteer, 289. Lorris, William of (13th cent.), trouvere, 82, 87. _Lutrin_, 285, 286. Lyrics, origins of, 62. Mably, Gabriel Bonnot de (1709-1785), historian and publicist, 440. _Macaire_, 21. _Macette_, 268. Machault, Guillaume de (_c._ 1284-1377), poet, 102-104. Chanson Balladee from, 107. Mademoiselle, La Grande, _see_ Montpensier. Magny, Olivier de (d. 1560), poet, 207, 208. _Mahomet_, 408. Maillard, Olivier (1440-1502), preacher, 166. Maimbourg, L. (1610-1688), historian, 333. Maintenon, Madame de (1635-1719), letter-writer, 323. Mairet, Jean (1604-1686), dramatist, 293. Maistre, Joseph Marie de (1753-1821), philosopher and political writer, 496. Maistre, Xavier de (1763-1852), novelist, 434. _Malade Imaginaire_, 313, 315. Malebranche, Nicolas (1638-1715), philosopher, 377. Malfilatre, J. C. L. de Clinchamp, (1733-1767), poet, 401. Malherbe, Francois de (1555-1628), poet, 274-276. school of, 276. _Manekine_, 97. _Manon Lescaut_, 416, 422. _Mantel Mautaillie_, 51. Map, Walter (12th cent.), prose romancer, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 127. Maquet, A. (1813-1888) dramatist and novelist, 548. Marguerite d'Angouleme, Queen of Navarre (1422-1549), poetess and tale-teller, 190, 191. Marguerite de Valois, Queen of Navarre and France (1553-1615), memoir-writer, 254. _Marguerites de la Marguerite des Princesses_, 178, 192. _Mariage de Figaro_, 413. _Mariamne_, 292, 293. _Marianne_, 420, 423. Marie de France (13th cent.), poetess, 55, 60, 61, 73. Marigny, J. Carpentier de (17th cent.), poet, 278. Marillac, M. de (1573-1632), memoir-writer, 336. 'Marivaudage,' 412, 420, 435, 453. Marivaux, Pierre Carlet de (1688-1763), novelist and dramatist, 412, 419, 421, 423. Marmontel, Jean Francois (1723-1799), dramatist, critic, etc., 413, 427, 458, 468. Marot, Clement (_c._ 1497-1544), poet, 172-177, 209, 269. school of, 177, 180. Marot, Jean (1463-1523), poet, 165. Martial d'Auvergne (_c._ 1420-1508), poet, 163. Martin, H. (1810-1887), historian, 578. Mascaron, Jean (1634-1703), preacher, 389. Massillon, Jean Baptiste (1663-1742), preacher, 386, 388. Maucroix, F. de (1619-1708), poet, 278. Maupassant, G. de, poet and novelist, 552. Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698-1759), mathematician and physicist, 501. Maynard, Jean (1582-1646), poet, 276. _Mazarinades_, 323, 333, 351. _Medecin malgre lui_, 312. _Medecin Volant_, 310. _Medee_, 295, 297. _Meditations_ (Descartes), 370. _Meditations_ (Lamartine), 513, 520. _Melite_, 295, 297. _Memoires de Grammont_, 328. _Memoires d'Outre Tombe_, 430. Menage, G. de (1613-1692), scholar, 349, 367 note. _Menippee, Satyre_, 259-264, 271, 358. Menot, Michel (1440-1518), preacher, 166. _Menteur_, 297, 299, 308. _Menteur, Suite du_, 297. Meon, Dominique Martin (1748-1829), scholar, 502. _Meraugis de Portlesguez_, 82, 95. _Mercure Galant_, 316. _Mercuriales_ (D'Aguesseau), 457. Merimee, Prosper (1803-1870), novelist, historian, and miscellaneous writer, 435, 536, 542. _Merlin_, 36. _Merope_, 408. Mery, J. (1798-1866), poet and novelist, 546. Meschinot, Jean (1415 or 1420-1491 or 1509), poet, 165. _Messeniennes_, 519. _Metromanie_, 404, 411. Meung, Jean de (13th cent.), political writer and poet, 83, 84, 86, 104. Mezeray, Francois Eudes de (1610-1683), historian, 333, 334. Michel, Francisque (1809-1888), scholar, 13. Michel, Jean (d. 1495), mystery-writer, 112. Michelet, Jules (1798-1874), historian, etc., 575. _Micromegas_, 423. _Mignardises Amoureuses de l'Admiree_, 208. Mignet, F. (b. 1796), historian, 574, 575. Millevoye, C. (1782-1816), poet, 543. _Miracles de la Vierge_, 111, 114. _Misanthrope_, 310, 312, 318. _Moise Sauve_, 279. Moliere, J. B. Poquelin (1622-1673), dramatist, 309-315. his comedy, 318. Molinet, Jehan (d. 1507), poet and chronicler, 165, 169. _Moniage Guillaume_, 19. Monnier, H. (1799-1877), novelist and miscellaneous writer, 566. _Monologue_, 116. _Monologue du Gendarme Casse_, 163. Monselet, C. (1829-1888), miscellaneous writer, 566. Monstrelet, Enguerrand de (_c._ 1390-1453), chronicler, 134. Montaigne, Michel Eyquem, Sieur de (1533-1592), 241-248. Montalembert, C. F. de (1810-1870), historian and political writer, 569. Montchrestien, Antoine de (d. 1621), dramatist, 291. Montegut, E. (b. 1826), critic, 564. Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de (1689-1755), political philosopher, 475-478. Montfleury, A. J. (1640-1685), actor and dramatist, 315. Montluc, Blaise de (1502-1577), memoir-writer, 252. Montpensier, A. M. L. de (La Grande Mademoiselle), (1627-1693), memoir-writer, 341. Monuments, Early, 3-6. _Moralite des Enfans de Maintenant_, 120. Moralities, 120, 216, 217, 218. Moreau, Hegesippe (1810-1838), poet, 546. Morellet, Andre F. (1727-1819), critic and economist, 490. _Mort Artus_, 36, 39. _Mort de Pompee_, 297. Motteville, Madame de (1612-1689), memoir-writer, 338. Mouskes, Philippe (1215-1283), chronicler, 76. _Moyen de Parvenir_, 194. Mummolinus, St., bishop of Noyon, 3, 140. _Mundus, caro, daemonia_, 121, 218. Murger, H. (1822-1861), novelist, 559. Muset, Colin (13th cent.), trouvere, 69. Musset, Alfred de (1810-1857), poet, novelist, and dramatist, 534, 540, 541, 545. MYSTERIES AND MIRACLE PLAYS, 110-113, 153, 216, 218. _Mystere de Saint Louis_, 216, 217. _Mystere du Viel Testament_, 112, 113. _Mystery of Adam_, 111. Nadaud, G. (b. 1820), poet, 550. Naimes, Duke, 13, 22. Nangis, Guillaume de (b. 1302), historian, 130. _Nanine_, 413. Naturalism and naturalists, 161. Nemours, Marie de (1625-1707), memoir-writer, 338. Nennius, (9th cent.), chronicler, 34, 35. Nerval, Gerard de (1805-1857), poet and novelist, 537, 545. _Neveu de Rameau_, 425. Newspapers, 463-465. Newspapers of the Revolution, 463. Nicholas of Troyes (16th cent.), novelist, 189. Nicole, P. (1625-1695), 351, 374. _Nicomede_, 298. Nisard, D. (1806-1888), critic, 565. _Nobla Leyczon_, 32. Nodier, Charles (1780-1844), miscellaneous writer, 518. Noel du Fail (1520-1591), tale-teller, 193. _Norma_, 519. _Notre Dame de Paris_, 522. _Nouvelles Recreations et Joyeux Devis_, 191. _Obermann_, 471. _Odes et Ballades_, 521. _Oedipe_ (Corneille), 296, 298. (Voltaire), 398, 406, 408. _Oisivetes de M. de Vauban_, 489. Old French Literature, revival of study of, 565, 566. _Oraisons Funebres_, 389. Oresme, Nicholas (1348-1382), translator, 143. _Orientales_, 521, 528. ORIGINS, The, 1-10. of Chansons de Gestes, 11.