Spenser begins his poetical work by paraphrasing Du Bellay. The school of Ronsard aided the Italian school in bringing the so-called “classical” forms of verse into England. Apostle of “correctness.” MALHERBE 1556-1628 The influence of the doctrine of “correctness” on English literature begins in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and extends till late in the eighteenth. _See_ “Boileau” below. VOITURE 1598-1648 SAINT-AMANT 1594-1660 Occasional verses, _vers de société_, bacchanalian verse. Models for post-Restoration writers, _e.g._, Dorset, Sedley. LA FONTAINE 1621-1695 _Fables_ and _Contes_ Influenced Dryden, Gay, Prior in similar compositions. Legislator in poetic style. BOILEAU 1636-1711 _L’Art Poétique_, satires, etc. The authority of Boileau was almost as high in England as in France. Pope, Addison, and the “correct” school generally follow him. Pope’s _Essay on Criticism_ echoes Boileau. Drama: (_a_) Tragedy CORNEILLE 1606-1684 _Cinna_, _Le Cid_, _Polyeucte_, etc. RACINE 1639-1699 _Phèdre_, _Esther Attalie_, etc. Effect of French dramatic principles appears with the re-opening of theatres under Charles II. It is considered necessary to recast Shakespeare, and an effort is made after the “unities.” The “heroic plays” of Dryden’s time are due to a combination of French tragedy with French romance (_e.g._, _Tyrannic Love_, _Conquest of Granada_, etc.). Addison’s Cato is a full attempt at “classical” drama in imitation of the French. (_b_) Comedy MOLIÈRE 1622-1673 _Le Misanthrope_, _Tartuffe_, _L’Avare_, etc. French comedy was imitated, but debased, by Wycherley, Farquhar, etc. Molière was much utilized by post-Restoration dramatists, _e.g._, in Wycherley’s _Plain Dealer_ (= _Misanthrope_), _Country Wife_ (= _L’École des Femmes_ + _L’École des Maris_), Dryden’s _Sir Martin Mar-all_ (= _L’Elounis_). Prose Fiction: (_a_) Allegorical (satirical) RABELAIS 1483-1553 _Life of Gargantua and Pantagruel._ Appreciably the precursor of Swift and Sterne. (_b_) Heroic romances (of sentiment) LA CALPRENÈDE 1602-1663 _Cléopâtre_, etc. MLLE. DE SCUDÉRY 1607-1701 _Le Grand Cyrus_, etc. These long and ranting works were translated into English and were much read. They were imitated by Aphra Behn. Combined with French “classical” tragedy they produced the English “heroic plays,” _e.g._, Dryden’s _Secret Love_ (from the _Grand Cyrus_) and Settle’s _Ibrahim_. (_c_) Picaroon romances (adventures after Spanish models) SCARRON 1610-1660 LESAGE 1668-1747