Thomas Sébillet (1512–1589) was a French jurist, essayist, and
neo-Platonist grammarian.
[''Encyclopédie de la littérature'' (''Literary Encyclopedia''), Le Livre de Poche, "La Pochothèque" collection, 2004, p. 1828 ] He is now remembered for his ''Art Poétique'' (''Poetic Art'') from 1548, on French verse. He was strongly contradicted later by
Joachim du Bellay
Joachim du Bellay (; Р1 January 1560) was a French poet, critic, and a founder of '' La Pl̩iade''. He notably wrote the manifesto of the group: '' D̩fense et illustration de la langue fran̤aise'', which aimed at promoting French as a ...
, whose ''art poétique'' became normative. This "decapitation of richesse" led to a centralisation of language, too (additionally to the concentration of political power).
Equally advocate in Parliament, he was a favourite of
Michel de l'Hospital,
Étienne Pasquier and
Pierre de l'Estoile
Pierre de L'Estoile (1546 – 8 October 1611) was a French diarist and collector.
Life
Born in Paris into a middle-class background, Pierre de l'Estoile was tutored by Mathieu Béroalde. He knew Agrippa d'Aubigné. He became a law student at Bou ...
.
Works
*''Art poetique franc̜ois. Pour l'instruction dés jeunes studieus, & encor peu avancéz en la pöesie franc̜oise'' (1548)
Online text
*''La Louenge des femmes, invention extraite du commentaire de Pantagruel, sur l'Androgyne de Plato''n (1551) Online text
*''Contramours. L'antéros ou contr amour, de Messire Baptiste Fulgose, jadis duc de Gennes. Le dialogue de Baptiste Platine, contre les folles amours. Paradoxe contre l'amour, traduction de l'ouvrage de Battista Fregoso'' (1453-1504), doge de Gênes (1581)
References
1512 births
1589 deaths
Grammarians from France
French male writers
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