Jean Donneau de Visé

Christophe Schuwey (Université de Bretagne Sud)

Ed. by Allison Stedman, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.03: French Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century: Classical and Baroque, 1600-1700.
Vol. editors: Heather Kirk (University of Western Ontario), Kathrina LaPorta (New York University), Polly Mangerson (DePaul University), Julia Prest (University of St Andrews), Allison Stedman (University of North Carolina, Charlotte), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 3 Dec 1638
Died 8 Jul 1710
Activity 1660-1710

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Publisher

Other

Pamphleteer
Playwright / Dramatist
Polemicist
Political writer
Proprietor (of publishing house)

Resources

Donneau de Visé's Works

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Predominantly known as the founder of the

Mercure galant

[

Gallant Mercury

] (a monthly periodical started in 1672) and for his implication in two dramatic quarrels (the “Querelle de

L’Ecole des femmes

[

The School for Wives

]” and the “Querelle de la

Sophonisbe

”), Jean Donneau de Visé (1638-1710) was both a professional writer notorious for his compilations of novels, poems, plays and polemical texts, as well as an official writer respected for his documentation of events of political importance to the crown. His activity as a compiler raises questions of blurry authorship or even plagiarism in some aspects of his literary production. His output, focused primarily on making money by selling as many books as possible, was also aimed at obtaining him a position as historiographer to…

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Citation: Schuwey, Christophe. "Jean Donneau de Visé". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 20 March 2015 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=13445, accessed 27 November 2024.]

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