Boileau-Despréaux


Boi·leau-Des·pré·aux

B0370900 (bwä-lō′dĕ-prā-ō′), Nicolas 1636-1711. French critic and poet whose Art of Poetry (1674), a treatise in verse, is a summation of the rules and conventions in French literature.

Boi•leau-Des•pré•aux

(bwɑˈloʊ dəˈpreɪ oʊ)

n. Nicolas, 1636–1711, French critic and poet.