René Le Pays
René Le Pays, sieur de Plessis-Villeneuve (Nantes or Fougères, 1636 - Paris, April 30, 1690[3]), sometimes credited as M.L.C.D.P., was a French poet and tax farmer-general (fermier général des gabelles) in Dauphiné and Provence.
Le Païs, sans mentir,[1] est un bouffon plaisant; Mais je ne trouve rien de beau dans ce Voiture.[2]
— Boileau, 1665[3]
Œuvres diverses, 1671
He was a founding member of the Academy of Arles in 1668, and the Duke of Savoy conferred on him the Order of St. Maurice in 1670.
Works
- Amitiés, Amours, et Amourettes, Grenoble 1664
- Zelotide histore galante, Paris 1665
- Translated as The drudge, or The jealous extravagant, a piece of gallantry by John Bulteel, 1673
- Nouvelles Œuvres, 1672 (2 vols.)
- Le Démélé de l'Esprit et du Cœur, 1688
Bibliography
- Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne, ou Histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes, ed. Michaud, 1811-1828 French Wikipedia Reference page, s.v. Le Pays (René)
- A General Biographical Dictionary, 2 s.v., drawn from Michaud
Notes
- Boileau is making fun of Le Pays's frequent use of "sans mentir", see Les classiques et les romantiques, 1838, p. 477
- alluding to Vincent Voiture, whose style he imitated, see A. Ch. Gidel, Œeuvres complètes de Boileau, 1870, 1:87
- Nicolas Boileau, "Satire III", Oeuvres de Nicolas Boileau Despréaux; avec des eclaircissemens historiques, donnez par lui-meme, The Hague, 1722 p. 67
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