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Paul Tallement (18 June 1642, in

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– 30 July 1712, in Paris), known as Paul Tallemant le Jeune (''the Younger''), was a French churchman and scholar.

Biography

Inspired by the then-fashionable style of sentimental cartography (as exemplified by the ''

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'' or ''

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''), in 1663 he published an imaginary allegorical travel-memoir ''Voyage de l'isle d'amour'' (''Voyage to the isle of love''), where the places are ruled by figures such as Respect, Concern, Pride, Warmth, Modesty and (in the second part) Coquetry and Gallantry. He also wrote divertissements,

panegyric A panegyric ( or ) is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. The original panegyrics were speeches delivered at public events in ancient Athens. Etymology The word originated as a compound of grc, ...

s and funeral elogies. He was elected a member of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in 1666 and of the

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

in 1673.

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said Tallement was "more to be recommended for his virtues than for his talents".Cited by , ''Histoire des quarante fauteuils de l'Académie française depuis la fondation jusqu'à nos jours, 1635-1855'', volume I, 1844, p. 221. Paul Tallement was the cousin of

François Tallemant l'Aîné François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King o ...

and

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux Gédéon Tallemant, Sieur des Réaux (7 November 1619 – 6 November 1692) was a French writer known for his ''Historiettes'', a collection of short biographies. Biography Born at La Rochelle, he belonged to a wealthy middle-class Huguenot fa ...

Works

*''Voyage de l'isle d'amour'' (1663) (later translated into Russian by Vasily Trediakovski
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*''Le Second voyage de l'isle d'amour'' (1664) *''Recueil de quelques pièces nouvelles et galantes, tant en prose qu'en vers'' (1664) *''Panégyriques et harangues à la louange du roi, prononcés dans l'Académie française en diverses occasions'' (1677) *''Remarques et décisions de l'Académie françoise recueillies par M. L. Tallemant'' (1698). Réédition : Slatkine, Genève, 1972
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tallement, Paul 1642 births 1712 deaths Writers from Paris Members of the Académie Française Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres French male writers