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Pierre-François Godard de Beauchamps, born in 1689 in 
From Beauchamps, we still can find: ''Funestime'', a novel, Paris, 1737, in-12, rare and reprinted in the 31st volume of the ''Cabinet des Fées''; the verse ''Lettres d’Héloïse et d’Abailard'' (first of three editions, Paris 1714); and ''les Amours d’Ismène et d’Isménias'' , an imitation from the Greek of Eustathius Macrembolites. The work of Beauchamps was printed in Paris, under the ''rubrique de la Haye'', 1743, in-8°, and was reprinted, in the same town, in 1797, in-4° ; the second edition is adorned with illumination drawings, ''Imitation du roman grec (les Amours de Rhodanthe et de Dosiclés) de Théodore Prodrome'' Pria, 1746, in-8°. This imitation differ from a translation which came out the same year, Paris, in-12, and which author have stayed unknown.
Finally, we credit Beauchamps with : a pamphleteer libertine novel, ''l’Histoire du prince Apprius (Priapus) extraite des fastes du monde, depuis sa création, manuscrit persan, trouvé dans la bibliothèque du roi de Perse, traduction française par M. Esprit, gentilhomme provençal, servant dans les troupes de Perse'' ''(the Story of prince Apprius, excerpt of the splendours of the world, since its creation, Persian manuscrit, found in the library of the king of the Persian Empire, French translation by Mr Esprit, country gentleman, serving in the Persian army)'', Constantinople (i.e. Paris, around 1722); la Haye, (i.e. Lyon), 1728, in-12. We find in some copies of this document an explanatory table giving the names of the indecent
A new general biographical dictionary projected and partly arranged, Volume 3, page 430, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Thomas Wright, London 1841.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamps, Pierre-Francois Godard De 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1689 births 1761 deaths Writers from Paris
Paris
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, where he died on March 12, 1761, was a playwright, theater historian, libertine novel
The libertine novel was an 18th-century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition. The genre effectively ended with the French Revolution. Themes of libertine novels were anti-clericalism, anti-es ...
ist and French translator. In his youth he was the secretary of François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi
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 ...
, who became governor of the child King Louis XV of France
Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
. His most famous works are '' Arlequin amoureux par enchantement (Harlequin in love by magic)'' and ''Les Amans réunis (The lovers of reunion)''.
Beauchamps worked for different theatres of the French capital. In 1721, he directed the performance of the play ''Soubrette'', a comedy in one act, which was a success, and within ten years, he directed successively the plays: ''le Jaloux (the Jealous One)''; '' Arlequin amoureux par enchantement (Arlequin in love by spell)''; ''le Portrait (the Portrait)''; ''le Parvenu (the Upstart)''; ''le Mariage rompu (the Broken Marriage)''; ''les Effets du dépit (the Effects of Vexation)''; ''les Amants réunis'' (the Reunited Lovers); ''le Bracelet (the Bracelet)''; ''la Mère rivale (the rival Mother)'' and ''la Fausse Inconstance (the False Fickleness)''. Almost all were praised for their novelty at their time, but now have fallen into oblivion.
From Beauchamps, we still can find: ''Funestime'', a novel, Paris, 1737, in-12, rare and reprinted in the 31st volume of the ''Cabinet des Fées''; the verse ''Lettres d’Héloïse et d’Abailard'' (first of three editions, Paris 1714); and ''les Amours d’Ismène et d’Isménias'' , an imitation from the Greek of Eustathius Macrembolites. The work of Beauchamps was printed in Paris, under the ''rubrique de la Haye'', 1743, in-8°, and was reprinted, in the same town, in 1797, in-4° ; the second edition is adorned with illumination drawings, ''Imitation du roman grec (les Amours de Rhodanthe et de Dosiclés) de Théodore Prodrome'' Pria, 1746, in-8°. This imitation differ from a translation which came out the same year, Paris, in-12, and which author have stayed unknown.
Finally, we credit Beauchamps with : a pamphleteer libertine novel, ''l’Histoire du prince Apprius (Priapus) extraite des fastes du monde, depuis sa création, manuscrit persan, trouvé dans la bibliothèque du roi de Perse, traduction française par M. Esprit, gentilhomme provençal, servant dans les troupes de Perse'' ''(the Story of prince Apprius, excerpt of the splendours of the world, since its creation, Persian manuscrit, found in the library of the king of the Persian Empire, French translation by Mr Esprit, country gentleman, serving in the Persian army)'', Constantinople (i.e. Paris, around 1722); la Haye, (i.e. Lyon), 1728, in-12. We find in some copies of this document an explanatory table giving the names of the indecent anagram
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word ''anagram'' itself can be rearranged into ''nag a ram'', also the word ...
s used by the author. The printer was sentenced to banishment and heavily fined ; '' Hipparchia, histoire galante divisée en 3 livres, avec une préface très-intéressante (Hipparchia, galant history divided in 3 book, with a very-interesting preface)'', Lampsaque (i.e. Paris), l’an de ce monde (1748), petit in-8°.
His ''Recherches sur les théâtres de France, depuis 1161 jusqu’à présent'' (Researches on French theatres, from 1161 until present days), Paris, in-4°, or 3 vol. in-8 where he recounts the origin and the progress of drama in France, which he made published in 1735, constitutes his most important work. Paul Lacroix, a French journalist, wrote about it:
:This book, still very useful in spite of similar works published since, consists of the history of the Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bo ...
poets, an essay on the origin of spectacles in France and on the establishment of theatres, a chronological analysis on the authors of mysteries , moralities, farces and guff before Jodelle, authors of French theatre in four ages until 1735, a repertoire of ancients ballets and major plays performed at the Théâtre Italien and at the Théâtre de la foire. Beauchamps, in his preface, doesn't name the people who give him material and notes; but, in his book, he cites some drama libraries very important, the one of M. de Callières, the one of the Count of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ruled the city of Toulouse and its surroundi ...
, the one of Théodore Tronchin, etc. P. L. Jacob, Bibliothèque dramatique de Monsieur de Soleinne, vol. V, Paris, 1843-1844, p. 270.
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*A new general biographical dictionary projected and partly arranged, Volume 3, page 430, Hugh James Rose, Henry John Rose, Thomas Wright, London 1841.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beauchamps, Pierre-Francois Godard De 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers 18th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1689 births 1761 deaths Writers from Paris