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The Defence & Illustration of the French Language

work by Bellay
Also known as: “La Défense et illustration de la langue française”, “La Déffense et illustration de la langue francoyse”

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  • In La Pléiade

    …forth by du Bellay in Défense et illustration de la langue françoise (1549), a document that advocated the enrichment of the French language by discreet imitation and borrowing from the language and literary forms of the classics and the works of the Italian Renaissance—including such forms as the Pindaric and…

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  • Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
    In French literature: The elevation of the French language

    …year by Joachim du Bellay’s Deffence et illustration de la langue francoyse (1549; The Defence and Illustration of the French Language), which came to be considered as a manifesto by the group of young poets known as the Pléiade (Pierre de Ronsard, du Bellay, Jean Dorat, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, Rémy…

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