Gustave Desnoiresterres
Gustave LeBrisoys Desnoiresterres (born June 20, 1817 in Bayeux , Calvados , † January 14, 1892 ) was a French cultural and literary historian .
Desnoiresterres lived in Paris as a collaborator in various journals . Of his writings, those dealing with the cultural life of the 18th century are particularly noteworthy as side pieces to the related studies of the Goncourt brothers .
His main work in this direction, which has won prizes from the Académie française, is: Voltaire et la société française au XVIIIe siècle (Paris 1867–75, 8 vols.). We also mention: Les Cours galantes (1859–64, 4 vols.); Gluck et Piccinni, 1774 - 1800 La musique française au XVIIIe siècle (2nd ed. 1875); Grimod de LaReynière et son groupe (1877); Iconography voltairienne, histoire et description de ce qui a été publié sur Voltaire par l'art contemporain (1878); Epicuriens et lettrés. XVII. et XVIII. siècles (1879); Les étapes d'une passion (1882) and La comédie satirique au XVIIIe siècle Histoire de la société française par l'allusion (1884).
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| SURNAME | Desnoiresterres, Gustave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desnoiresterres, Gustave LeBrisoys |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French cultural and literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bayeux |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1892 |