- Ronsard, Pierre De by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... imitated Pindar and Horace, Ronsard spoke of the lofty role of literature and propounded a theory of poetic inspiration. The odes combined patriotism and glorification of the joys of existence, nature, and love. The collection of sonnets and songs Poems of Love. (1552–53) was influenced by Petrarchianism. In the cycles of sonnets (1555–56) dedicated to the ...
- Pierre De Ronsard by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... imitated Pindar and Horace, Ronsard spoke of the lofty role of literature and propounded a theory of poetic inspiration. The odes combined patriotism and glorification of the joys of existence, nature, and love. The collection of sonnets and songs Poems of Love. (1552–53) was influenced by Petrarchianism. In the cycles of sonnets (1555–56) dedicated to the ...
- Noot, Jan van der by Crystal Barber
B. 1539 or 1540, d. 1595?, Flemish poet. He wrote sonnets, odes, and other pieces in imitation of Petrarch and especially of Ronsard.
- Pleiad by Mackenzie Kelley
... seven of this group are Ronsard (the leader), Joachim Du Bellay, Belleau, Jodelle, Tyard, Baïf, and Daurat. Their avowed purpose was to encourage the writing of French, as against Latin, in order to enrich the French language and to establish a modern literature equal to other literatures. They cultivated the use of classical and Italian forms, especially of ...
- Jusserand, Jean Jules by Julio Steele
... in France. (1898), a life of Ronsard (1913), and With Americans of Past and Present Days. (1916), the first work on U.S. History to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize.BibliographySee his reminiscences, What Me Befell. (1933).