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Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean

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Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin, Jean (1595–1676)

French writer. He was one of the first members of the French Academy. His many works include the romance Ariane (1632), comedies, of which the best known is Les Visionnaires/The Visionaries (1637), and tragedies, including Aspasie and Scipion l'africain/Scipio the African. In the debate between the ancients and moderns he took the side of the moderns.

He also wrote critical and theoretical works including Défense du poème héroïque/Defence of the Heroic Poem (1674) and Défense de la poésie et de la langue française/Defence of French Poetry and Language (1675).



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