François de Rosset

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François de Rosset (* 1571 Provence , † 1619 ) was a successful French translator and writer of the 17th century

Life

He wrote poetry and novels and, knowing the Italian and Spanish languages, publishes several translations by great authors. He has published around 30 publications, including several collections of poetry, as well as translations of the works of Pietro Aretino , Miguel de Cervantes , Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto . His fictional writings and especially the stories that were summarized in 1619 under the title Les Histoires mémorables et tragiques de nostre temps ("The memorable and tragic stories of our time") brought him great success with his contemporaries.

Works (selection)

  • poetry
    • Douze Beautés de Phyllis et autres œuvres poétiques (1614)
    • Délices de la poésie française (1618)
  • prose
    • Roman des chevaliers de la gloire (1612), new edition as Histoire du palais de la Félicité (1616)
    • Histoire des amants volages de ce temps (1616)
    • Continuation of Roland le Furieux ( The mad Roland , 1617)
    • Les Histoires mémorables et tragiques de nostre temps (1614, expanded 1619)
  • Translations
    • Ariost, Roland furieux ( The mad Roland , 1615)
    • Boiardo, Roland amoureux ( Roland in love , 1618)
    • Cervantes, Don Quixote (1605)
    • Cervantes, Nouvelles exemplaires (1613)
    • Aretino, Les Douze psaumes de la Pénitence de David ( The twelve penitential psalms of David , 1605)
  • Collections
    • Nouveau recueil des plus beaux vers de ce temps (1609)
    • Lettres amoureuses et morales des beaux esprits de ce temps (1618)

literature

  • Anne de Vaucher Gravili, Loi et transgression: les histoires tragiques au XVIIe siècle , Lecce, Milella, 1982.
  • Maurice Lever , De l'information à la nouvelle: les "canards" et les "Histoires tragiques" de Rosset , in: Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France , July / August 1979, pp. 577-593.
  • François de Rosset, Histoires tragiques , ed. by Anne de Vaucher Gravili, Paris, Le Livre de Poche, 1994.
  • Dietmar Rieger , Histoire de loi - Histoire tragique. Authenticity et structure de genre chez F. de Rosset, XVIIe siècle , 1994, pp. 461-477.
  • Thierry Pech, Conter le crime. Droit et littérature sous la Contre-Réforme: les histoires tragiques, 1559-1644 , Paris, H. Champion, 2000, p. 104ff
  • Nathalie Grande, Le Roman au XVIIe siècele: l'exploration du genre , Rosny, Bréal, 2002, p. 42ff

Remarks

  1. ↑ Nathalie Grande (2002); in the Larousse du XIXe siècle 1630 is given
  2. ↑ Grande
personal data
SURNAME Rosset, François de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French writer and translator
DATE OF BIRTH 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH Provence
DATE OF DEATH 1619