Nicolas-Germain Léonard

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Nicolas-Germain Léonard (born March 16, 1744 in Guadeloupe , † January 6, 1793 in Nantes ) was a French poet and novelist of the 18th century.

His poetry is influenced by the descriptive poetry of Salomon Gessner and the genre of pastoral poetry. His two novels are written in the form of letter novels and are particularly influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's sentimental letter novel Julie or Die neue Heloise .

Works

poetry

  • Idylles , 1766.
  • Idylles et poésies champêtres , 1782.

Novels

  • La Nouvelle Clémentine ou Lettres de Henriette de Berville , roman, 1774.
  • Lettres de deux amants, habitans de Lyon. Londres & Paris: Desenne, 1783.

Work editions

  • Œuvres de Léonard , ed. by Vincent Campenon . Paris: Didot jeune, VII (1798).
  • Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Oeuvre en prose . Edited by Gwenaëlle Boucher. Paris: L'Harmattan, Les introuvables, 2007. (Contains the novels and shorter prose.)
  • Nicolas-Germain Léonard, Oeuvre poétique . Edited by Gwenaëlle Boucher. Paris: L'Harmattan, Les introuvables, 2007. (Includes the seals.)

literature

  • Raphaël Barguisseau: Les poètes créoles du XVIIIe siècle . Paris: Vigneau, 1949.
  • Henry A. Stavan: Un roman sentimental entre Rousseau et Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: "Les Lettres de deux amants, habitants de Lyon" . In: Revue Universitaire Ottawa , 1971.
  • William Moseley Kerby. The life, diplomatic career and literary activities of Nicolas Germain Léonard . E. Champion, Paris 1925.
  • Léonard (Nicolas-Germain) . In: Béatrice Didier: Littérature française: Le XVIIIe siècle III: 1778-1820 . Arthaud, Paris 1976, p. 326.
  • Léonard, Nicolas-Germain . In: Gustave Vapereau: Dictionnaire universel des littératures . Hachette, Paris 1876, Volume 2, p. 1230.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the authors who influenced Léonard, see in detail William Moseley Kerby, The life, diplomatic career and literary activities of Nicolas Germain Léonard , Paris, E. Champion, 1925.
personal data
SURNAME Léonard, Nicolas-Germain
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 18th century French poet and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1744
PLACE OF BIRTH in Guadeloupe
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1793
Place of death Nantes